TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - The Pittsburgh Poison Center profile of an American poison information center JO - Przeglad Lekarski A1 - Krenzelok, Edward P. SP - 538 EP - 542 VL - 62 IS - 6 N2 - The Pittsburgh Poison Center (PPC), a department of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, was established in 1971 to provide emergency poison information to the residents of western Pennsylvania, especially the children. The PPC provides comprehensive poison information center services to the lay public and to medical professionals, poison prevention education, professional education and specialized services to the business and industry sector and governmental agencies. LA - SN - 0033-2240 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -