@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of changing patterns in children poisonings and prevention",
journal="Veterinary and human toxicology",
year="1991",
author="Marchi, A. G. and Messi, G. and Loschi, L.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="244-246",
abstract="Poisoning prevention strategies have to be modified according to the risk variations with age and time. Epidemiologic surveillance usefulness was confirmed by studying the 0-15 y-old children in the Trieste area from 1976-1987. Significant differences were observed in children under 5 due to an increase in caustic substance and home detergents poisoning and a decrease in analgesic-antipyretics ingestion. This was probably due to the introduction by law in our country of child-resistant containers and to a better awareness by parents. At 10 y-of-age and older, alcohol is the cause of most intoxications and more recently benzodiazepine poisonings have significantly increased. At this age poisoning results from deliberate ingestion in most cases; therefore education should be the main preventive strategy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-6296",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}