Journal ArticleDOI
Prevention of childhood poisoning. A community project.
About:
This article is published in Pediatric Clinics of North America.The article was published on 1970-08-01. It has received 69 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Suicide prevention.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
An epidemiological study of poisoning cases reported to the National Poisons Information Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
TL;DR: A retrospective analysis of poisoning calls received by the National Poisons Information Centre showed the high incidence of poisoning in children, an alarming feature of the study, represents a trend in India.
Journal ArticleDOI
Taiwan National Poison Center: Epidemiologic Data 1985–1993
Chen Chang Yang,Jia Fen Wu,Hsin Chen Ong,Shien Chung Hung,Yie Pyng Kuo,Chih Hsing Sa,Shu Shen Chen,Jou Fang Deng +7 more
TL;DR: A retrospective analysis of all telephone calls to the Taiwan National Poison Center concerning human poisoning exposures July 1985 through December 1993 found human poisoning is a serious problem in Taiwan and childhood poisonings are underreported and of high mortality.
Journal ArticleDOI
Unit-dose packaging of iron supplements and reduction of iron poisoning in young children.
TL;DR: There was a decrease in the incidence of iron ingestion and the number of deaths due to iron poisoning and this validates unit-dose packaging as an effective strategy for the prevention ofIron poisoning and iron poisoning deaths in young children.
Journal ArticleDOI
A home injury prevention program for children
TL;DR: The experience of an injury prevention project in developing and implementing an approach combining educational, regulatory, and technologic methods to reduce home injuries is recounted.
Impacto dos medicamentos nas intoxicações humanas no Brasil Drug impact on human poisoning in Brazil
TL;DR: The authors analyze the association between female gender and deaths caused by intentional intake of drugs and measures aimed at preventing this serious public health problem, which primarily impacts children under five years of age in accidents caused by inappropriate use of medicines.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
A study of storage, child behavioral traits, and mother's knowledge of toxicology in 52 poisoned families and 52 comparison families
Charles Baltimore,Roger J. Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: The following paper casts serious doubts on widely used countermeasures against poisoning—the safe storage of toxic products and the education of parents as to the toxicity of products commonly used in the home.
Journal ArticleDOI
Traditional safety measures and accidental poisoning in childhood
TL;DR: The investigator resorted to both interviewing and observation, which, though unquestionably expensive, are probably the most effective methods of data collection available to the research worker studying accidental injury.
Journal ArticleDOI
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning in childhood
Joel J. Alpert,Henri J. Breault,William K. Friend,Virginia G. Harris,Robert G. Scherz,Robert D. Semsch,Hugo Dunlap Smith,Allan B. Coleman,J. Julian Chisolm +8 more
TL;DR: Pediatricians have opportunities through health programs in urban areas to develop preventive techniques and to contribute significantly to the prevention of lead poisoning among children.
Journal ArticleDOI
The epidemiology of accidental poisoning in an urban population. iii. the repeater problem in accidental poisoning
TL;DR: It would appear that the repeater concept in accidental poisoning is established and presents a challenge to those presently concerned with prevention of accidental poisoning in children.