Clinical characteristics of zinc phosphide poisoning in Thailand
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Clinical characteristics of zinc phosphide poisoning in Thailand
OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of poisoning by zinc phosphide, a common rodenticide in Thailand, and to evaluate whether these outcomes can be prognosticated by the clinical presentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 3-year retrospective cohort study was performed using data from the Ramathibodi Poison Center Toxic Exposure Surveil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1178-203X
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s129610