@article{ref1,
title="An epidemiological study of poisoning in children under 18 years old in the Bloemfontein area",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="1991",
author="van der Merwe, P. J. and Botha, J. J.",
volume="79",
number="5",
pages="253-255",
abstract="An epidemiological study of the incidence of poisoning in children in the Bloemfontein area during 1 year was carried out. Deliberate and accidental poisonings were studied relative to: (i) age and sex of poisoned children; (ii) type of poison involved; and (iii) the time the poisoning occurred. This study showed that deliberate poisoning occurred more frequently in girls than in boys (67.5% v. 32.5%), that accidental poisoning occurred mostly in the preschool years and then more frequently in boys than in girls (65.1% v. 34.9%) and that drugs were involved in most poisonings.<p /><p>Language: af</p>",
language="af",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}