title: Preserving the United States's poison control system.
abstract: The funding of United States's poison control centers is threatened. The following Commentary argues for support of the current outstanding poison control system by presenting the evidence for its cost-effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston 02115, USA. Alan.Woolf@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Karnes
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kirrane
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011039:Poison Control Centers / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States