The changing trends of childhood poisoning at a tertiary children's hospital in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 142-146

  Balme, Kate ^a   Clare Roberts, J ^a   Glasstone, Marion ^a   Curling, Linda ^a   Mann, Michael D ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COSMETIC; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POISON; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PARAFFIN; PESTICIDE;

CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84857661758     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5149     Document Type: Review

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