Interrupted time-series analysis of regulations to reduce paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-659

  Morgan, Oliver W ^a,b   Griffiths, Clare ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTOXICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CAUSALITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247530338     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040105     Document Type: Article

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