Pattern of acute poisoning in Tehran-Iran in 2003

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 753-756

  Shadnia, Shahin ^a   Esmaily, Hadi ^b   Sasanian, Ghazal ^b   Pajoumand, Abdolkarim ^a   Hassanian Moghaddam, Hosein ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b,c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Epidemiology; Mortality; Tehran

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36348983843     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327107083017     Document Type: Article

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