Unintentional domestic non-fire related carbon monoxide poisoning: Data from media reports, UK/Republic of Ireland 1986-2011

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 409-416

  Fisher, Danielle S ^a   Bowskill, Sally ^a   Saliba, Lynn ^b   Flanagan, Robert J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH LIBRARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fatal poisoning; Incidence; Non fatal poisoning; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEATING; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PETS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84878318575     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2013.786833     Document Type: Article

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