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Document ID (ISN)53823
CIS number 90-1018
ISSN - Serial title 0025-729X - Medical Journal of Australia
Year 1988
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Southcott R.V.
Title Some harmful Australian insects
Bibliographic information 5-19 Dec. 1989, Vol.149, No.1112, p.656-662. Illus. 49 ref.
Abstract Survey of the toxic effects, allergic reactions and infections caused by bites of or other contact with common Australian insects, often in an occupational context (farmers, beekeepers, entomologists). The insects are: bees; wasps; ants; flies and mosquitoes; moths, butterflies and caterpillars; fleas; lice; hemiptera.
Descriptors (primary) insects; bites; zoonoses
Descriptors (secondary) Australia; agriculture; beekeeping; allergies
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Animal hazards
Zoonoses