Impact of a toxicology service on a metropolitan teaching hospital

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-42

  Lee, Victor ^a,b   Fergus Kerr, J ^a   Braitberg, George ^a   Louis, William J ^a   O'Callaghan, Chris J ^a   Frauman, Albert G ^a   Mashford, M Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Self poisoning; Toxicology service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035057294     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2001.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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