The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of pesticide poisoning in South Korea and the relevant epidemiologic characteristics. During the period of 1996–2005, an approximate average of twenty-five hundred fatalities occurred per year due to pesticide poisoning, while age-standardized mortality rates by pesticide poisoning significantly increased from 4.42 to 6.42 per 100,000 popula...

BACKGROUND Attempted or non-fatal self-poisoning is common in Sri Lanka. To date, most preventive strategies have focused on limitation of access to toxic pesticides, which has reduced the rates of fatal self-poisoning. However the ongoing phenomenon of non-fatal self-poisoning indicates the need for exploration of alternate preventive strategies. Self-poisoning in Sri Lanka has been described ...

background: acute drug poisoning remains an important public health problem and represents the second most frequent accidental disease in children. in this study, we identified epidemiological and clinical features of children admitted for acute drug poisoning and related factors associated with suicidal poisoning. methods: we conducted a retrospective study in the department of pediatrics, the...

Poisoning is a global problem. Most recent estimate of World Health Organization (WHO) suggests 180 thousands deaths in 2010 due to various poisoning agents (1). Poisoning is relatively less common in children and is mostly accidental than adults. Poisoning account for 16% of bed occupancy in children hospitals and 3.9% in pediatric intensive care unit in India (2-4). Poisoning is predominantly...

Sporadic cases of chemical poisoning have occurred in Japan recently, and even though these cases are rare, this situation is not permissible. These cases involve not only newly identified types of poisoning, but also the reemer-gence of poisoning with known hazardous chemicals. Recent examples of known types of poisoning are lead poisoning, lung cancer caused by exposure to beryllium, and blad...

Background: Poisoning cases is a significant contributor to mortality and morbidity all over the world. Acute poisoning cases form one of the commonest causes of emergency hospital admissions. Material and methods: It is a retrospective study of 106 poisoning cases admitted in M.A.P.I.M.S., which is a tertiary health care centre Results: The incidence of poisoning poison was insecticide/ rodent...

BACKGROUND Paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning is the leading cause of acute liver failure in Great Britain and the United States. Successful interventions to reduced harm from paracetamol poisoning are needed. To achieve this, the government of the United Kingdom introduced legislation in 1998 limiting the pack size of paracetamol sold in shops. Several studies have reported recent decreases...

in order to assess the risk for mercury poisoning in dentists, urine specimens were collected and analysed from 250 dentists (190 male, 60 female). subject data and pertinent health symptoms were asked via a questionnaire. the results indicate that the mean and standard deviation of mercury values were 51.3± 38.0 µg/l, while 27.2 percent of dentists had levels within normal limits (0-19 µg/l). ...

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