Impact of paracetamol pack size restrictions on poisoning from paracetamol in England and Wales: an observational study | Zendy

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Impact of paracetamol pack size restrictions on poisoning from paracetamol in England and Wales: an observational study

Author(s) -

Oliver Morgan,

Clare Griffiths,

Azeem Majeed

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdh216

Subject(s) - acetaminophen , medicine , analgesic , emergency medicine , poison control , observational study , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , public health , demography , environmental health , anesthesia , nursing , sociology , pathology

About 500 drug poisoning deaths involving paracetamol (acetaminophen) occur every year in England and Wales. To reduce the number of deaths, regulations were introduced in 1998 to restrict the sale of paracetamol. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of these regulations.

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