A profile of unintentional poisoning caused by household cleaning products, disinfectants and pesticides

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2901-2908

  De Presgrave, Rosaura Farias ^a   Camacho, Luiz Antônio Bastos ^b   Boas, Maria Helena Simões Villas ^a  

^a Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Household products; Poison control centers; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749102713     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008001200019     Document Type: Article

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