Factors responsible for continuing morbidity after paracetamol poisoning in Chinese patients in Hong Kong

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-277

  Chan, T Y K ^a   Chan, A Y W ^b   Critchley, J A J H ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; liver damage; paracetamol poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029780411     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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