@article{ref1,
title="Increases in exposure calls related to selected cleaners and disinfectants at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from Canadian poison centres",
journal="Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada",
year="2021",
author="Thompson, Margaret and Bélair, Guillaume and Mosher, Laurie and Wan, Victoria and Wootton, Richard and Smith, Alysyn and Perwaiz, Shahid and Hardy, James and Button, Brooke and Leong, Dennis and Bogeljic, Bojana and MacNeill, Morgan and Dobbin, Nina and Remer, Sandy and Weiss, Deborah and Yasseen Iii, Abdool",
volume="41",
number="1",
pages="25-29",
abstract="Little is known about the use or misuse of cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compiled data from January to June in 2019 and 2020 from Canadian  poison centres, and report on calls regarding selected cleaning products and present  year-overyear percentage change. There were 3408 (42%) calls related to bleaches;  2015 (25%) to hand sanitizers; 1667 (21%) to disinfectants; 949 (12%) to chlorine  gas; and 148 (2%) to chloramine gas. An increase in calls occurred in conjunction  with the onset of COVID-19, with the largest increase occurring in March. Timely  access to Canadian poison centre data facilitated early communication of safety  messaging for dissemination to the public.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="2368-738X",
doi="10.24095/hpcdp.41.1.03",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.41.1.03"
}