Profile of childhood poisoning at a tertiary care centre in north India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 791-794

  Kohli, Utkarsh ^a   Kuttiat, Vijesh Sreedhar ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Kabra, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Poisoning; Profile

Indexed keywords

ACID; CAMPHOR; HEAVY METAL; INSECTICIDE; KEROSENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOL;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONSULTATION; CYANOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDIA; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; POISONING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51349153238     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0105-7     Document Type: Article

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