Abstract
Review of 2,339 Duke Poison Control Center records for calendar year 1977 revealed that preschool children had an autumn peak for all poisonings; older victims a summer predominance. When the reports were stratified by poisoning agent, significant summer predominance was noted in preschool victims for plants, pesticides, paints, and cosmetics; winter predominance for external medicines. In older victims, spring predominance was found for pesticides and soaps, summer predominance for envenomations, plants, internal medicines, ethanol, soaps, and external medicines.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 394-396 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American journal of public health |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health