Ten years of iatrogenic intoxications from the Spanish Poison Control Center

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-94

  Ballesteros, Salomé ^a   Ramón, Fátima ^a   Martínez Arrieta, Rosa ^a   Larrotcha, Carmen ^a   Cabrera, José ^a  

^a Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISON CENTER; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTISTRY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0037346130     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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