Poisoning in older adults: A 5-year experience of us poison control centers

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2005-2011

  Crouch, Barbara Insley ^a,b,f   Caravati, E Martin ^a,c   Mitchell, Alice ^d   Martin, Andrew C ^e  

^a Utah Poison Control Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Poison control centers; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHEMICAL AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12844268522     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E275     Document Type: Review

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