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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
During 10 years of activity at our Service, we collected 1867 cases of poisoning in children. Our observations concern only subjects hospitalized at our Institute and do not include phone call consultations. Our experience confirmed a higher number of poisonings among males. As far as age was concerned, the highest percentage of cases involved children under five, with a peak between 2 and 3 years of age. A fairly high incidence (8%) of "passive" poisonings was found in infants in their first year of life as a consequence of mistakes by the mother or other people taking care of the child. Voluntary poisonings, occurring in children aged 9 or more, often involved females and accounted for 2.1% of the total. Drugs are the main cause of poisoning in children, followed by household products and by a group of different substances (spoiled foods, nonedible mushrooms, alcoholic beverages). The lowest number of poisonings occurred on Sundays. The time of the day when most accidental poisonings occurred ranged from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon and from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Most poisonings took place in the kitchen. The colors preferred by children are white and pink.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0009-9309
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1149-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiological aspects of poisoning in children observed over a 10-year period.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article