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Validity of referral hospitals for the toxicovigilance of acute poisoning in Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVE: To identify the hospital admission data set that best captures the incidence of acute poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. METHODS: Data were collected on all acute poisoning cases admitted to 34 primary and 1 referral hospital in Anuradhapura district from September 2008 to January 2010. Three...

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Main Authors:	L Senarathna (Author), NA Buckley (Author), SF Jayamanna (Author), PJ Kelly (Author), MJ Dibley (Author), AH Dawson (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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