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Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017

BACKGROUND: Methanol, an industrial solvent, can cause illness and death if ingested. In June 2017, the Uganda Ministry of Health was notified of a cluster of deaths which occurred after drinking alcohol. We investigated to determine the cause of outbreak, identify risk factors, and recommend eviden...

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Autores principales:	Doreen, Birungi, Eyu, Patricia, Okethwangu, Denis, Biribawa, Claire, Kizito, Susan, Nakanwagi, Miriam, Nguna, Joyce, Nkonwa, Innocent H., Opio, Denis N., Aceng, Freda L., Alitubeera, Phoebe H., Kadobera, Daniel, Kwesiga, Benon, Bulage, Lilian, Ario, Alex R., Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32405303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5816162

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