Poisonings in the Nordic countries in 2007: A 5-year epidemiological follow-up

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Andrew, Erik ^a   Tellerup, Markus ^b   Terml, Anna Mariia ^c   Jacobsen, Peter ^d   Gudjonsdottir, Gudborg A ^e  

^a Poisons Information   (Norway)

^b Swedish Poisons Information Centre   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Poisoning; Statistics; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DENMARK; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; REGISTRIES; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84857717305     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.660697     Document Type: Article

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