Is chronic poisoning with acetaminophen in children a frequent occurrence in Toronto?

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-101

  Bailey, Benoit ^a   Lalkin, Arieh ^b   Kapur, Bhushan M ^b   Koren, Gideon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Children; Chronic poisoning; N acetylcysteine; Overdose; Therapeutic error

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034886675     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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