Acute poisonings treated in hospitals in Oslo: A one-year prospective study (I): Pattern of poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Hovda, K E ^a   Bjornaas, M A ^a,b   Skog, K ^c   Opdahl, A ^d   Drottning, P ^e   Ekeberg, O ^a   Jacobsen, D ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Alcohol; Drug abuse; Epidemiology; Suicide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 37648998727     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601185969     Document Type: Article

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