Pesticide poisonings at a tertiary children's hospital in South Africa: An increasing problem

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 928-934

  Balme, Kate H ^a   Roberts, J Clare ^a   Glasstone, Marion ^a   Curling, Linda ^a   Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a   London, Leslie ^a   Zar, Heather ^a   Mann, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbamate poisoning; Notification; Organophosphate poisoning; Paediatric poisoning; Pesticide poisoning; Street pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PESTICIDE POISONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARBAMATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650447935     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.534482     Document Type: Article

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