Acute Poisoning in Adults in the Years 1996–2001 Treated in the Uludag University Hospital, Marmara Region, Turkey

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-109

  Akkose, Sule ^a   Bulut, Mehtap ^a   Armagan, Erol ^a   Cebicci, Huseyin ^a   Fedakar, Recep ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANOL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; MINERAL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSHROOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (BIRD); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MUSHROOM POISONING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DIGITALIS; MARMARA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CAUSTICS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSHROOM POISONING; OVERDOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 15944400598     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-50429     Document Type: Article

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