Secular Trends in Poisonings Leading to Hospital Admission among Finnish Children and Adolescents between 1971 and 2005

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kivistö, Juho E ^a,b,c,d   Mattila, Ville M ^a,c   Arvola, Taina ^b,d   Paavola, Meri ^e   Parkkari, Jari ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Hameenlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROWTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56049083755     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.045     Document Type: Article

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