Acute poisoning at two hospitals in Kampala-Uganda

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 489-492

  Malangu, N ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Fatality rate; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BITES AND STINGS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52749097607     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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