Profile of acute poisoning cases presenting to health centres and hospitals in Oman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 944-954

  Lall, S B ^a   Al Wahaibi, S S ^a   Al Riyami, M M ^a   Al Kharusi, K ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IRON; KEROSENE; LAXATIVE; LIDOCAINE; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEE STING; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OMAN; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORPION; SNAKEBITE; SPIDER BITE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WASP;

ACCIDENTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144415910     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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