| [epidemiological and clinical aspects of snake bites in the municipalities of the state of amazonas, brazil]. | in the state of amazonas, accidents with snakes are a public health problem. for this reasons, the objective of this work was to carry out a descriptive study of the snake accidents attended in the health units of 34 municipalities, one district and two border platoons in the state of amazonas. the characteristics most commonly observed among those involved in snake accidents were: farmers (50. 4%), male (81.3%), belonging to the working age-group (72.1%), bitten on an upper limb (88.5%) by a "j ... | 2006 | 10881100 |