Poison center data and the pollyanna phenomenon

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-23

  Hamilton, Richard J ^a   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHARMACOKINETICS; POISON CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PHARMACOKINETICS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030636126     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659709001160     Document Type: Article

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