Accidental paraffin poisoning in Kenyan children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 845-847

  Lang, T ^a,b   Thuo, N ^b   Akech, S ^b  

^a Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Collaborative Programme   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Paraffin poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; KEROSENE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARAFFIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACCIDENT; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; POISONING; WAX;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; KENYA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; TACHYPNEA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; KEROSENE; MALE; PARAFFIN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KILIFI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 43549087192     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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