Unproven ingestion: An unrecognized bias in toxicological case series

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 946-949

  Lévy, Arielle ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a,b   Letarte, Anne ^b   Dupuis, Claire ^a   Lefebvre, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Centre Anti Poison du Québec   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Case series; Child; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHANOL; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549059952     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701197096     Document Type: Article

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