Friends and foes in the plant world: A profile of plant ingestions and fatalities

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-149

  Krenzelok, Edward P ^a   Mrvos, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Botanicals; Fatalities; Outcomes; Plants; Poison center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CICUTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATURA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT POISONING; PLANTS, TOXIC; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

CICUTA; DATURA;

EID: 79954467473     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.568945     Document Type: Article

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