Acetaminophen toxicity in an urban county hospital

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1112-1117

  Schiødt, Frank V ^a   Rochling, Fedja A ^a   Casey, Donna L ^a   Lee, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEXAS;

EID: 0030762081     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710163371602     Document Type: Article

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