Pattern of acute poisoning in Shahrekord (Western Iran)

Asian Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-12

  Akhlaghi, M ^a   Arbabi, Z ^b   Khadivi, R ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chaharmahal and Bakhtyari Province; Intoxication; Poisoning; Shahrekord

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DETERGENT; OPIATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77953460264     PISSN: 19921462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/aje.2009.9.12     Document Type: Article

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