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Incidence And Pattern Of Accidental Poisoning In Children
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Daljit Singh, Harmesh Singh Bains, Vinneet Arora. Incidence And Pattern Of Accidental Poisoning In Children. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2006;19(4):207–208.
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Accidental poisoning is a common problem in children due to their natural exploratory behaviour. The magnitude of this problem is associated with regional peculiarities. With this background, all children admitted in pediatric ward were studied over a period of 6 years to find out the incidence and type of accidental poisoning. Overall incidence was found to be 0.6%. Commonly observed poisons were kerosene oil (25.7% ), organophosphorus compounds (21% ) and drugs (20%). The mortality rate was 7.6%.
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