Costs of poison-related hospitalizations at an urban teaching hospital for children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 719-723

  Woolf, Alan ^a,b,c   Wieler, Jerome ^a   Greenes, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Poison Control System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; LEAD; PARACETAMOL; POISON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030878467     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170440081014     Document Type: Article

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