Citation

Pourmand A, Wang J, Mazer M. Daru 2012; 20(1): 13.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University, Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. Pourmand@gwu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1186/2008-2231-20-13

PMID

23351559

Abstract

To stem the rising incidence of toxic exposure as well as the associated morbidity and mortality, the past century has seen the establishment and evolution of poison control centers (PCCs) worldwide. Depending on the location, PCCs vary in terms of staffing model, services offered, and funding sources. In this article, we discuss a survey of poison control centers worldwide.

Language: en