Open AccessEtiological characterization of acute poisonings in the emergency department
Author(s) -
Malek Khlifi,
Leslie S. Zun,
Giffe T. Johnson,
Raymond D. Harbison
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.50878
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , heroin , population , emergency medicine , poison control , psychiatry , drug , environmental health
An investigation of emergency department (ED) poisonings was conducted to characterize poisoning demographics and evaluate correlations with select co-morbidities.