Population-based case-control study of risk factors for unintentional mortality from carbon monoxide poisoning in Taiwan

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 905-912

  Shie, Huei Guan ^a,b   Li, Chung Yi ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547763328     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701432173     Document Type: Article

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