TY - JOUR
T1 - Reported multiple victim poisonings of children
AU - Greenberg, Raymond S.
AU - Osterhout, Shirley K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Pediatrics house physicians who staff the Duke Poison Control Center and Ms Sally Zimney for assistance with the illustrations and manuscript. This work was supported in part by a student fellowship awarded to R.S.G. by the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Review of the Duke Poison Control Center records for 1977 revealed that 5.3% of poisoned children were involved in multiple victim incidents. Most of the multiple victim poisonings were composed of two children and none included more than four children. Multiple victim poisonings tended to occur in older children and preferentially involved plants, foods, and pesticides when compared with single victim episodes. The multiple victim poisonings were also more likely to occur during the spring and autumn of the year.
AB - Review of the Duke Poison Control Center records for 1977 revealed that 5.3% of poisoned children were involved in multiple victim incidents. Most of the multiple victim poisonings were composed of two children and none included more than four children. Multiple victim poisonings tended to occur in older children and preferentially involved plants, foods, and pesticides when compared with single victim episodes. The multiple victim poisonings were also more likely to occur during the spring and autumn of the year.
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U2 - 10.3109/15563658208992543
DO - 10.3109/15563658208992543
M3 - Article
C2 - 7185000
AN - SCOPUS:0020296207
SN - 1556-3650
VL - 19
SP - 1073
EP - 1080
JO - Clinical Toxicology
JF - Clinical Toxicology
IS - 10
ER -