ABC of nutrition. Food poisoning.

ABC of child abuse. Poisoning.

The ABC of Clinical Genetics will continue next week. The seventh article in this series will appear on 10 June. Accidental poisoning is very common; nonaccidental poisoning is uncommon but more serious. Accidental poisoning commonly occurs in toddlers aged 2 to 4 who explore the world with their mouth and try out any medicines, tablets, or other liquids that they find. The parent finds the 3 y...

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

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Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

In this, the third edition of his well-known work, Dr. Dack has made a thorough revision and incorporated the newer knowledge of a subject which affects each of us at one time or another. The first two chapters on chemical poisoning and poisonings due to substances found in plants, fish, and shellfish contain useful tables of specific agents, incubation periods, symptoms, and foods involved. Bo...

Semiology of food poisoning

Bacterial toxin poisoning Clostridium botulinum Human disease due to the Clostridium botulinum bacterium is called botulism and is classified as poisoning because it is due to botulinum neurotoxins produced outside the human body by this anaerobic bacterium. Contaminated food is mainly of animal origin, but it can also be of plant origin (processed meat, ham, cheese, canned meat, fish, canned b...