Deaths due to absence of an affordable antitoxin for plant poisoning

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9389, 2003, Pages 1041-1044

  Eddleston, Michael ^a,b   Senarathna, Lalith ^b   Mohamed, Fahim ^b   Buckley, Nick ^c   Juszczak, Edmund ^d   Sheriff, M H Rezvi ^b   Ariaratnam, Ariaranee ^b   Rajapakse, Senaka ^b   Warrell, David ^a   Rajakanthan, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c Canberra Clinical School   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^e Teaching Hospital Kurunegala   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY; PLANT TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL; THEVETIA PERUVIANA;

EID: 0141760464     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14415-7     Document Type: Article

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