A 3-year survey of acute poisoning exposures in infants reported in telephone calls made to the Tygerberg Poison Information Centre, South Africa
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Toxicovigilance. I: A survey of acute poisonings in South Africa based on Tygerberg Poison Information Centre data.
BACKGROUND The incidence and spectrum of acute poisonings in South Africa are unknown. Poisoning data can be derived from sources such as hospital admission records and poison information centre (PIC) records. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to examine the extent of the problem and to identify trends and toxicovigilance issues using PIC data. METHODS A survey was conducted based on Tyge...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Child Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1999-7671,1994-3032
DOI: 10.7196/sajch.2016.v10i1.1045