Risk assessment by physicians and by the poison center: Are nondrug exposures handled too actively?

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Jacobsen, Peter ^a,b   Ebbehøj, Niels E ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Poison Information Center   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POISON CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034926671     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100104522     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Cost of poisoning in the United States and savings from Poison Control Centers: A benefit-cost analysis
2. Effect of a German Poison Control Center (PCC) service on health care cost reductions in harmless exposure cases
3. Effectiveness of a poison center. Impact on medical facility visits
4. Estimation of a common effect parameter from sparse follow-up data