Characteristics of acute adult poisoning in Gaziantep, Turkey

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 833-837

  Goksu, Sitki ^a   Yildirim, Cuma ^a   Kocoglu, Hasan ^a   Tutak, Atilla ^a   Oner, Unsal ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Emergency department visit; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PARACETAMOL; PESTICIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SELF POISONING; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; POISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TURKEY;

EID: 0036940906     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120016953     Document Type: Article

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