A retrospective analysis of ingestion of caustic substances by children. Ten-year statistics in Galicia

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 410-414

  Bautista Casasnovas, A ^a   Estevez Martinez, E ^a   Varela Cives, R ^a   Villanueva Jeremias, A ^a   Tojo Sierra, R ^a   Cadranel, S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

caustic substances; children; epidemiology; oesophagus; prevention

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 0030939451     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050627     Document Type: Article

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