Citation

Fernando DN, Fernando R. Asia Pac. J. Public Health 1991; 5(4): 297-301.

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1844218

Abstract

The importance of acute poisoning as a cause of morbidity and mortality in many developing countries has been highlighted in recent times. This study discusses the utilization of routinely collected data from hospitals for background information required in planning and implementing preventive programs. The high prevalence of poisoning and its distribution countrywide were highlighted by the routinely collected data, while the retrospective study of hospital admissions identified the wide range of toxic agents and age and sex differentials in the pattern of poisoning. Even though the overall case fatality rate was 7.6%, there was wide variation among the different toxic agents.

Language: en