Trends in acute adult poisoning in a ten-year period in Turkey: Factors affecting the hazardous outcome

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 404-411

  Satar, Salim ^a   Seydaoglu, Gulsah ^a   Akpinar, Ayca ^b   Sebe, Ahmet ^a   Karakoc, Emre ^a   Gumusay, Umut ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Gokel, Yuksel ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital stay; Mortality; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; SUICIDE; TURKEY;

EID: 68649106383     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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