An epidemiological study of poisoning cases reported to the National Poisons Information Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Srivastava, Amita ^a   Peshin, Sharda Shah ^a   Kaleekal, Thomas ^a   Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural pesticides; Antidote Bank; Drugs; Household products; Poisons Information Centre; Telephone queries

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER SULFATE; DETERGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRUG; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITROBENZENE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHENYL GROUP; PHENYTOIN; PYRETHROID; RODENTICIDE; THYROID HORMONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEE STING; BITE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFORMATION CENTER; INHALATION; INSECT STING; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORPION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKEBITE; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; WASP;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; DATURA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 21744437089     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht527oa     Document Type: Article

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