Kerosene poisoning in childhood: A 6-year prospective study at the Princess Rahmat Teaching Hospital

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 835-838

  Shotar, Ali M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system toxicity; Children; Hydrocarbon; Kerosene; Pneumonia; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; KEROSENE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTOXICATION; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUPOR; SUMMER; TACHYPNEA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

EID: 33644999038     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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