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Pattern of acute poisoning at two urban referral hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia

BACKGROUND: Poisoning remains an important public health problem contributing significantly to the global burden of disease. Evidence on the exact burden and pattern of acute poisoning in Zambia is limited. We aimed to characterise acute poisoning with regard to demographic and epidemiologic factors...

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Autores principales:	Z’gambo, Jessy, Siulapwa, Yorum, Michelo, Charles
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706701/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26748777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0068-3

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