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Article de Périodique
Toxicological screening: a three year experience in poisonings in Kuwait (1990)
Auteur(s) :
ANGELO-KHATTAR, M. ;
AUGER, L. ;
THULESIUS O. ;
BHATT, K.
Année
1990
Page(s) :
357-364
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
13
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
DEPISTAGE
;
ENQUETE
;
MEDICAMENTS
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Thésaurus géographique
KOWEIT
Résumé :
The results of toxicological screening of body fluids (urine, blood and gastric lavage) from pediatric patients wee analyzed for the period January 1985-December 1988. Of the 119 cases, approximately one half were positive for at least one foreign substance. In about one fifth of the cases, multiple substances were detected. The most commonly implicated drugs were those acting on the central nervous system including the barbiturates, trycyclic antidepressants, phenothiazines, benzodiazepines and carbamazepine.
Affiliation :
Koweït. Kuwait.
Cote :
A01310