Deaths from poisoning in New Zealand: 2001-2002

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1225, 2005, Pages

  McDowell, Rebecca ^a   Fowles, Jeff ^a   Phillips, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMITRIPTYLINE; BUTANE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIAMORPHINE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PROPANE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 27944468695     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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