Hospitalizations due to poisonings in Slovenia - Epidemiological aspects

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 54-58

  Lipnik Štangelj, Metoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Drug; Epidemiology; Etiology; Hospitalization; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX RATIO; SLOVENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SLOVENIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955547436     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-010-1338-9     Document Type: Article

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