Incidence of herb-induced aconitine poisoning in Hong Kong: Impact of publicity measures to promote awareness among the herbalists and the public

Drug Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 823-828

  Chan, Thomas Y K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HERB; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; WARD;

EID: 0036395232     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200225110-00006     Document Type: Article

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