@article{ref1,
title="Poison-related hospitalizations of children aged 0-14 at a teaching hospital in Southern Brazil, 2006-2011",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2016",
author="Domingos, Samara Messias and Borghesan, Nataly Barbosa Alves and Merino, Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes and Higarashi, Ieda Harumi",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="343-350",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: to describe the profile of poisoning leading to children's hospitalizations, as registered at the Maringá Regional University Hospital Poisoning Control Center in the period 2006 to 2011. <br><br>METHODS:: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using secondary data from Intoxication Incident Report Forms, involving poisoned children aged between 0 and 14 years, hospitalized for at least 12 hours. <br><br>RESULTS:: 694 hospitalizations due to poisoning were registered, with medication poisoning accounting for 42.4% of cases; the 1-4 age group was the most affected (66.7%); males accounted for a higher number of hospital admissions in all age groups; most poisoning cases occurred in the morning (55.6%). <br><br>CONCLUSION:: medication was the main cause of poisoning; younger children and males were predominant among hospitalized victims.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/S1679-49742016000200013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000200013"
}