Out-of-hospital and emergency department management of epidemic scombroid poisoning

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 916-920

  Eckstein, Marc ^a,b   Serna, Monica ^b   DelaCruz, Prosy ^c   Mallon, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Food and Drug Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Food poisoning; Index case; Multiple victim incident; Scombroid; Triage

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HISTAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROMETHAZINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISH; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032825166     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01241.x     Document Type: Article

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