The study of etiological and demographic characteristics of acute household accidental poisoning in children - a consecutive case series study from Pakistan

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Manzar, Nabeel ^a   Saad, Syed M A ^a   Manzar, Bushra ^a   Fatima, Syeda S ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; INSECTICIDE; KEROSENE; DETERGENT; DRUG;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; STORAGE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DETERGENTS; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KEROSENE; MALE; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 77953590576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-28     Document Type: Article

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