The pattern of acute poisoning in a teaching hospital, north-west Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Abula, Teferra ^a   Wondmikun, Yared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hospital admissions; Poison; Poisoning cases

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33845791986     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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