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Methods, tools, and techniques in toxicovigilance [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Toxicovigilance is the active process of identifying and evaluating the toxic risks existing in a community, and evaluating the measures taken to reduce or eliminate them.
El Bourichi Rajaa, Bikjdaouene Leila, Benazzouz Bouchra, Ramdan Rajae, Akhouayri Omar   +4 more
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Medical toxicology experience: Poisoning consultations cases registry in Saudi Ministry of Health -2020 annual report

Toxicology Reports, 2021
Introduction: Saudi poison control centers provide surveillance data that should be used to determine the magnitude of poisoning exposures and the level of public awareness that is to evaluate control measures.
Fawaz A. Al-Mousa, Ali M. Gado, Afaf M. Attia, Hany G. Tammam   +3 more
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Bites by Non-Native Reptiles in France: Species, Circumstances and Outcome

Toxins, 2022
We aimed to make an exhaustive assessment of circumstances of bites by exotic reptiles bred in France. A retrospective observational study was conducted in all the reported cases from 2000 to 2020 in French poison control centers (PCCs).
Gaël Le Roux, Guillaume Grenet, Corinne Schmitt, French Poison Control Centers Research Group, Sébastien Larréché, Alexis Descatha   +5 more
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Toxic Agents Responsible for Acute Poisonings Treated at Four Medical Settings in Iran during 2012-2013: A Report from Iran's National Drug and Poison Information Center [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2016
Background: Acute poisoning has been reported to be the most common reason for hospitalization in Iran. This study was designed to delineate the toxic agents responsible for acute poisonings in Iran by reviewing poisoning cases treated at four major ...
Talat Ghane, Yasna Behmanesh, Anahita Alizadeh Ghamsari, Mina Amini, Fatemeh Siavashian, Atieh Yazdani-Rostam, Simin Mahdavi, Nader Haghi, Abdolkarim Pajoomand, Shahin Shadnia, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam, Mitra Rahimi, Nasim Zamani, Fardin Khazaei   +13 more
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Association of p-phenylenediamine exposure with alterations of pulmonary function, pruritus and health-related quality of life in hair dye factory workers: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports, 2023
P-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is a common component of hair dye, which can cause skin contact allergy and asthma with impaired pulmonary function. However, the adverse effects of occupational exposure to different dose PPD was rarely mentioned.
Ming Zhang, Meibian Zhang, Qiang Zeng, Dafeng Lin, Naixing Zhang   +4 more
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Unintentional pediatric exposures to household cleaning products: a cross-sectional analysis of the National Poison Data System (2000–2015)

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023
Background Household cleaning products are the second most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children 
Anthony Pacini, Ben Tsutaoka, Leslie Lai, Timur S. Durrani   +3 more
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“Heavy Metal”: Management of lead toxicity following a gunshot injury with retained lead fragments, a case report

Toxicology Reports, 2023
There is limited literature on managing chronic lead exposure from non-removable sources such as lead fragments. In this case report, we present the complexities and clinical considerations involved in treating an elderly patient who sustained a ...
Ilaria Costantini, Massimo Carollo, Lorenzo Losso, Elia Morando, Matilde Bacchion, Giovanni Mantelli, Mauro Pizzuto, Letizia Spagnuolo, Maria Vittoria Ventura, Giorgio Ricci   +9 more
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Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness using routine surveillance data among children aged 6–59 months for five consecutive influenza seasons

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: We aimed to estimate the pooled vaccine effectiveness (VE) in children over five winters through data linkage of two existing surveillance systems.
Wei-Ju Su, Ta-Chien Chan, Pei-Hung Chuang, Yu-Lun Liu, Ping-Ing Lee, Ming-Tsan Liu, Jen-Hsiang Chuang   +6 more
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Annual Report of Recorded Phone Calls to Iran's Drug and Poison Information Centers (2014-2015) [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2015
Background: The annual statistics of Drug and Poison Information Centers (DPICs) have critical role in public health planning. The objective of this study was to provide annual epidemiologic profile of drug inquiry and poisoning-related phone calls to ...
Talat Ghane, Yasna Behmanesh, Fardin Khazaei   +2 more
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Laurel but Hardy: unintended poisoning, a case report of oleander misidentification as bay laurel

Toxicology Reports, 2023
Introduction: Nerium oleander is a toxic plant containing cardiac glycosides throughout all its parts, thereby posing severe health risks upon ingestion.
Giovanni Mantelli, Massimo Carollo, Lorenzo Losso, Ilaria Costantini, Elia Morando, Matilde Bacchion, Mauro Pizzuto, Letizia Spagnuolo, Giorgio Ricci   +8 more
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