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Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Prevention and Control of Poisoning in Pakistan [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2019
: Introduction: Poisoning is an important public health issue globally. There are very few poison control centers in Pakistan with a very limited capacity to deal with poisoning emergencies.
Nadeemullah Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Faysal Subhani, Salima Kerai, Nukhba Zia   +4 more
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Advice for lay callers with low-risk poison exposures by a regional poison control center: the impact on health care expenditures

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Since establishing the first poison control centers (PCCs), there is a still ongoing debate regarding their relevance and financing. The present study aims to analyze whether a regional PCC can reduce the economic burden associated with ...
Franziska Thal, Thomas Reinhold
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Impact of a poison control center on the length of hospital stay of poisoned patients: retrospective cohort

São Paulo Medical Journal, 2011
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Poison control centers play an essential role in caring for poisoned patients, albeit without secure funding for their activities.
Taís Freire Galvão, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Carolina Dalene Silva, Adriana Melo Barotto, Izabela Lucchese Gavioli, Fábio Bucaretchi, Álvaro Nagib Atallah   +6 more
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Toxicological consultation data management system based on experience of Pomeranian Center of Toxicology

Medycyna Pracy, 2015
Background: In this paper the structure of poisonings is described, based on the material collected from tele-toxicology consults by the Pomeranian Center of Toxicology in Gdańsk and harvested from its Electronic Poison Information Management System.
Piotr Maciej Kabata, Wojciech Waldman, Jacek Sein Anand   +2 more
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Phyllobates terribilis [PDF]

, 2012
Number of Pages: 5Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Doan, Tiffany M., Nowacki, Anthony M.
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Toxic Christmas and New Year Holiday Plants...or Are They? [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2015
Background: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), holly (Ilex opaca) and mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) adorn homes during the Christmas and New Year holiday season and create the potential for curious children to sample their colorful leaves and ...
Edward P. Krenzelok, Rita Mrvos
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Community health impacts after a jet fuel leak contaminated a drinking water system: Oahu, Hawaii, November 2021

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Background: In 2021, a large petroleum leak contaminated a water source that supplied drinking water to military and civilians in Oahu, Hawaii. Methods: We conducted an Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) survey and supplemented that information with ...
Shanna Miko, Alex R. Poniatowski, Alyssa N. Troeschel, Diana J. Felton, Shireen Banerji, Michele L. F. Bolduc, Alvin C. Bronstein, Alyson M. Cavanaugh, Charles Edge, Abigail L. Gates, Madeline Jarvis, Nicole A. Mintz, Vidisha Parasram, Jamie Rayman, Amanda R. Smith, Jared C. Wagner, Benjamin G. Gerhardstein, Maureen F. Orr   +17 more
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Surveillance of paediatric exposures to liquid laundry detergent pods in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Objective To analyse paediatric exposures to pod and traditional laundry detergents in Italy and changes in exposure trends. Methods Analyses of a series of patients aged <5 years and exposed to laundry detergents between September 2010 and June ...
Celentano, Anna, Davanzo, Franca, Giordano, Felice, Lauria, Laura, Sesana, Fabrizio, Settimi, Laura   +5 more
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Disponibilidad en España de «one pill killers» y otros medicamentos altamente tóxicos en la infancia

Anales de Pediatría, 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Elaborar un listado de medicamentos altamente tóxicos en la infancia (MAT), comercializados en España, diferenciando aquellos que alcanzan la dosis letal para un niño de 10 kg con la ingesta de 1-3 unidades.
Lidia Martínez-Sánchez, Raquel Aguilar-Salmerón, Núria Pi-Sala, Maria Àngels Gispert-Ametller, Milagros García-Peláez, Antoni Broto-Sumalla, Edurne Fernández de Gamarra-Martínez, Santiago Nogué-Xarau   +7 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, Baudier F., Ben Young, Bryony Kay, Denise Kendrick, Elkan R., Fergusson D.M., Garcia V.F., Gosia Majsak-Newman, Hendrickson S., Higgins J., Jacqueline Mhizha-Murira, Kendrick D., Kendrick D., Kun Zou, LeBailley S., Lyons R.A., Peden M., Persephone M. Wynn, Scherz R.G., Smith V., Steele P.S., Steele P.S., Tovell A., Towner E., Waters E., Wells G.A., Wissow L.S., Woolf A., Woolf A., Zhao C.H.   +30 more
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