@article{ref1,
title="Self poisoning in children: a ten year survey",
journal="Journal of toxicology - clinical toxicology",
year="1987",
author="Hincal, F. and Hincal, A. A. and Sarikayalar, F. and Cevik, N. and Kinik, E.",
volume="25",
number="1-2",
pages="109-120",
abstract="All children, 17 years of age or less, admitted to the Children's Hospital of Hacettepe University Medical Center in Ankara during the period of 1975 to 1984 with a diagnosis of poisoning were studied. Of the 1188 cases reviewed, mode of poisoning was deliberate self-poisoning in a total of 152 cases (12.8%). Drugs accounted for 95.4%, insecticides for 3.9% and carbon monoxide for only 0.7% of the overall suicide attempts or gestures. Analgesics and tranquilizers were the most common agents encountered, however the major drug used for self-poisoning was a barbiturate containing analgesic, Optalidon. The incidence of self-poisoning was 79.0% in the age group 13-17 of the overall poison admissions and in all of the age groups self-poisoning showed a significant (p less than 0.001) sex difference with definite prevalence of girls.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0731-3810",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}