A profile of acute poisoning at Mangalore (South India)

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Singh, Bhoopendra ^a   Unnikrishnan, B ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Mortality; Pesticides; South India; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645141813     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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