Acute Poisoning in Children in Bahia, Brazil

• Main Authors: Dilton Rodrigues Mendonça MSc (Author), Marta Silva Menezes PhD (Author), Marcos Antônio Almeida Matos PhD (Author), Daniel Santos Rebouças MD (Author), Jucelino Nery da Conceição Filho BS (Author), Reginara Souza de Assis MD (Author), Leila Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute poisoning is a frequent accident in childhood, particularly in children under 4 years of age. This was a descriptive study with data collected from standardized forms of the Poison Control Center and patient record charts. All the cases of acute poisoning in children aged 0 to 14 years during...