Citation

Roy MP, Gupta R, Bhatt M, Aggarwal KC. Indian Pediatr. 2017; 54(3): 246-247.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. manas_proy@yahoo.co.in.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Indian Pediatrics)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

28159952

Abstract

195 cases of acute poisoning among children (age<12 y) in a tertiary hospital were identified over a period of one year. Two-thirds (63%) of them were males and 75% were below five years of age. Poisoning by medicines was most common (17%) followed by ingestion of corrosives/detergents (16%) and kerosene (14%).

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