Citation

Scalzo AJ, Rivera-Sepulveda A. Mo. Med. 2018; 115(4): 302-305.

Affiliation

Andrea Rivera-Sepulveda, MD, MSc, FAAP, is in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Mo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Missouri State Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

30228747

Abstract

The national poison center movement originated in the Midwest with actions of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972. The Missouri Poison Center (MPC) was established in 1974. The MPC and other regional poison centers are essential to the public health locally and nationally. Trends in serious poisoning outbreaks such as the release of synthetic cannabinoids have been detected by real-time electronic surveillance by specialists in poison information and medical toxicologists.

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