Acute adult poisoning cases admitted to a university hospital in Tabriz, Iran

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Islambulchilar, M ^a,b   Islambulchilar, Z ^a,b   Kargar Maher, M H ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Demographical; Iran; Poisoning; Suicide; Tabriz

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; PESTICIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUMMER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDOTES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949170124     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327108099679     Document Type: Article

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