Isoniazld poisonings in New York City

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-59

  Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Geoffroy, Pierre ^c   Weisman, Richard ^c   Hoffman, Robert ^c   Frieden, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Isoniazid; Overdose; Poisoning; Pyridoxine; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRIDOXINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OVERDOSE; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031594613     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00242-4     Document Type: Article

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