Intentional and unintentional poisoning in Pakistan: a pilot study using the Emergency Departments surveillance project. [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Acute poisoning is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits around the world. In Pakistan, the epidemiological data on poisoning is limited due to an under developed poison information surveillance system.
Feroze, Asher +7 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use +3 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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2017 Annual Report of the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction This is the 2017 Annual Report of the University of Kansas Health System Poison Control Center (PCC). The PCC is one of 55 certified poison control centers in the United States and serves the state of Kansas 24-hours a day, 365 days a year ...
Oller, Lisa K, Thornton, Stephen L
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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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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 +4 more
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Kratom exposures reported to United States poison control centers: 2011–2017
Clinical toxicology, 2019 Context: Kratom, or Mitragyna speciosa, is a plant indigenous to Southeast Asia that has gained national attention in the United States for its increased use in the self-management of opioid withdrawal and pain, as well as for concerns about its safety ...
Sarah E. Post +3 more
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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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Recreational phenethylamine poisonings reported to a French poison control center [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015 Over the last decade, use of phenethylamines has become increasingly prevalent. This study aimed to describe typical aspects of phenethylamine poisoning in order to better inform patient care.Phenethylamine poisoning cases reported to the Poison Control Center of Angers, France, from January, 2007 to December, 2013 were examined. Clinical findings were
Gaël Le Roux +6 more
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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 +6 more
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