TY - JOUR PY - 2004// TI - The incidence rate of chemical food poisonings in the Lublin province between 1976 and 1998 JO - Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina A1 - Krzyszycha, Renata A1 - Bielak, Janusz SP - 357 EP - 361 VL - 59 IS - 2 N2 - The aim of the study was to analyse the chemical poisonings in the Lublin province in the years 1976-1998. The analysis was based on the archive materials obtained from the Regional Unit for Control of Epidemics and Hygiene Promotion in Lublin. The findings demonstrate that chemical poisonings in the Lublin province compared to the whole country are a relevant epidemiological problem and that their most common causes include the consumption of toxic alcohols--mainly ethanol or other chemical substances and ethanol overdosage. Moreover, the health education system of the society should be systematically improved. LA - SN - 0066-2240 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -