Epidemiology of drug poisoning in the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital during a year;Epidemiología de las intoxicaciones medicamentosas durante un año en el Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Medina Gonzalez L ^a   Fuentes Ferrer, M E ^b   Suarez Llanos J P ^c   Arranz Pena M I ^a   Ochoa Mangado, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drug poisoning; Emergency service; Epidemiology; Hospital; Overdose; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COCAINE; DIGOXIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149105374     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13127603     Document Type: Article

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