Citation

Greenberg RS, Osterhout SK. Am. J. Public Health 1982; 72(4): 394-396.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7065321

PMCID

PMC1649904

Abstract

Review of 2,339 Duke Poison Control Center records for calendar year 1977 revealed that preschool children had an autumn peak for all poisonings; older victims a summer predominance. When the reports were stratified by poisoning agent, significant summer predominance was noted in preschool victims for plants, pesticides, paints, and cosmetics; winter predominance for external medicines. In older victims, spring predominance was found for pesticides and soaps, summer predominance for envenomations, plants, internal medicines, ethanol, soaps, and external medicines.

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