Descriptive epidemiology of infant ingestion calls to a regional poison control center

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 779-783

  Coco, Teresa J ^a   King, William D ^b   Slattery, Ann P ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infant; Ingestion; Poisoning; Therapeutic misadventure

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DESITIN; DIMETAPP; HYOSCYAMINE; IBUPROFEN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; SIMETHICONE; ZINC OXIDE;

CAREGIVER; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; POISON CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VOMITING;

ALABAMA; CAREGIVERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICATION ERRORS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24144474568     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000168129.02664.79     Document Type: Review

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