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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 +4 more
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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 +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 +5 more
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A Triage for Disposition of Poisoned Patients with Cardiovascular Therapeutic Agents Presented to Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals [PDF]
Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, 2022 Background: According to the 2016 annual report of the Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals (PCC-ASUH), toxicity of cardiovascular drugs represented 7.8% of all intoxicated cases.
Hanan Salem, Seham Abdel-aal, Ahmed Omar
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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 +13 more
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Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice toward Children with Accidental Poisoning in Zagazig Poison Control Centers [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022 Background: Accidental poisoning is a leading cause of unintentional injuries among children in low-income and middle-income countries. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurses’ knowledge and practice toward children with accidental poisoning in the Poison
Fawzia Nabeel Mohammad Abd-Elmegeed +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Protecting Your Family from Unintentional Poisoning
EDIS, 2012 “In 2004, more than 2.4 million exposures to human toxins were reported to poison control centers in the United States. Almost all of them occurred in homes, and 85% percent of poison exposures were unintentional. More than half of them involved children
Donna Davis
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2023 Background Household cleaning products are the second most common cause of unintentional poisoning in children
Anthony Pacini +3 more
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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 +9 more
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