Pattern of acute food, drug, and chemical poisoning in Sari City, Northern Iran

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 731-738

  Ahmadi, Amirhossein ^a,b   Pakravan, Nasrin ^a   Ghazizadeh, Zeynab ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

acute poisoning; benzodiazepine intoxication; intentional poisoning; Northern Iran; organophosphate and carbamate insecticides

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955973650     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110361501     Document Type: Article

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