Epidemic of pediatric deaths from acute renal failure caused by diethylene glycol poisoning

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1175-1180

  O'Brien, Katherine L ^a,c,i   Selanikio, Joel D ^b,c   Hecdivert, Charleine ^d   Placide, Marie Florence ^e   Louis, Micheline ^d   Barr, Dana B ^b   Barr, John R ^b   Hospedales, C James ^h   Lewis, Merle J ^h   Schwartz, Benjamin ^a   Philen, Rossanne M ^b   St Victor, Suzelle ^f   Espindola, Javier ^g   Needham, Larry L ^b   Denerville, Karl ^f  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d Min de la S Pub et de la Pop   (Haïti)

^e Institut Haitien d'Enfance   (Haïti)

^f Hôpital de l'Université d'Etat d'Haiti   (Haïti)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Haïti)

^h Pan Amer Hlth Org Caribbean E   (Trinidad and Tobago)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HAITI; HEPATITIS; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032522645     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.15.1175     Document Type: Article

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