Recommendation for the establishment of a poison control center at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. [PDF]
Environ Anal Health Toxicol, 2020 There is currently no governmental body in South Korea resembling the type of poison center (PC) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). All Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries except for South Korea ...
Park DU +10 more
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Despair in the time of COVID: A look at suicidal ingestions reported to the California Poison Control System during the pandemic. [PDF]
Acad Emerg Med, 2021 Despite concern that the global pandemic will worsen depression and suicide rates, there remain little data on its actual effect. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on suicidal ingestions reported to the ...
Ontiveros ST +4 more
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JAMA Netw Open, 2021 This cross-sectional study examines reports of cannabis exposure at US poison control centers for trends in patient and product characteristics, stratified by manufactured cannabis products and plant materials.
Dilley JA +4 more
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Food Confusion Between Edible and Poisonous Plants: A 22-Year Retrospective of the Southeastern France Poison Control Center [PDF]
ToxinsObjective: In some regions of the globe, accidental food confusion regarding plants can cause severe poisoning events and deaths. The aim of this study was to report on those confusions from the Marseille Poison Control Centre’s (PCC) experience from ...
Romain Torrents +7 more
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Acute Poisonings in the Fez-Meknes Region Reported to the Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco: A 20-Year Retrospective Study [PDF]
Journal of ToxicologyFollowing our research on intoxication cases in Morocco, we conducted an investigation into intoxications in the Fez-Meknes region, one of the 12 regions in Morocco most affected by this problem.
Imane Iken +5 more
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, 2021 Background: Poisoning exposure continues to be an important public health concern in many developing countries and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Egypt. The information released by the Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals (
Walaa G Abdelhamid
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Toxicity and urinary metabolites of α-amanitin in mice
Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 ObjectiveTo explore toxicity and urinary metabolites of α-amanitin in mice with a 21-day toxicological experiment. MethodsTwenty ICR male mice were randomly divided into a control (n = 5) and three median lethal dose (LD50) groups (5 in each group) with ...
Zhi-jun WU, Wen-jin ZHAO, Hai-jiao LI
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A Surprisingly Non-attractiveness of Commercial Poison Baits to Newly Established Population of White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Remote Island of Japan [PDF]
, 2021 The white-footed ant, Technomyrmex brunneus, was newly introduced and established in a remote island of Japan and has caused unacceptable damage to the daily life of residents.
Eguchi, Katsuyuki +4 more
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Prevention of childhood poisoning in the home: overview of systematic reviews and a systematic review of primary studies [PDF]
, 2016 Unintentional poisoning is a significant child public health problem. This systematic overview of reviews, supplemented with a systematic review of recently published primary studies synthesizes evidence on non-legislative interventions to reduce ...
Adrian Hawkins +30 more
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Fatal cocaine intoxication in a body packer [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016 Introduction. ‘Body packer’ syndrome with severe intoxication or sudden death may happen in persons who smuggle drugs in their body cavities. In case of lethal outcome when carrying cocaine, it is important, but sometimes difficult to determine ...
Brajković Gordana +5 more
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