Abstract According to the World Health Organization, unintentional injuries were responsible
for over 3.9 million deaths and over 138 million disability-adjusted life-years in 2004, with …

Over 2 million military and civilian personnel per year (over 1 million in the United States)
are occupationally exposed, respectively, to jet propulsion fuel-8 (JP-8), JP-8+ 100 or JP-5 …

Summary Objective Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, southern India, records> 1000
pesticide poisoning cases each year and hundreds of deaths. We aimed to describe their …

Severe organophosphorus or carbamate pesticide poisoning is an important clinical
problem in many countries of the world. Unfortunately, little clinical research has been …

A retrospective analysis of poisoning calls received by the National Poisons Information
Centre showed a total of 2719 calls over a period of three years (April 1999-March 2002) …

OBJECTIVES: To assess in a developing Asian country the impact of pesticide regulation on
the number of deaths from poisoning. These regulations, which were implemented in Sri …

Objectives Up-to-date information on the patterns of acute poisoning is crucial for the proper
management of poisoning events. The objectives of this study were to analyse the …

Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective hospital record-based study conducted in a
tertiary care hospital attached to a medical institution in Karnataka. The study included 136 …

Poisoning is an important public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality
throughout the world. Information available with regard to acute poisoning in adults is limited …

An analysis of all poisoning cases admitted in medical and pediatric wards of Patan Hospital
fOI'one year (l" Jan to 31" Dec 2004) was carried out. A total of 15-* cases were admitted …