title: Poisoning in children.
abstract: Drug-induced poisoning of children represents a serious medical as well as a social problem linked both to the fields of prevention and therapy. This paper analyses the occurrence and the causative agents of poisoning cases of children under the age of 15, hospitalized in a children's hospital over a two-year period (1985-1986). 33 Poisoning cases represented 1.7% of all hospitalizations, and 49% thereof were induced by drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of the Organization and Management of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolár
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Foltán
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology