Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

A brief review of some strange and unusual poisoning in children

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Kamaloddini
Anahita Alizadeh Ghamsari
Bita Dadpour

Medical Toxicology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2019.17
Abstract
The Clinical Toxicology Center in Imam Reza hospital in Mashhad is the referral center of poisonings in the East of Iran and many cases of poisoned children are referred to this center and some cases are admitted.In this letter we report some specific, strange and unusual poisonings in children admitted in our center.


Keywords

Unusual poisoning
Children
Emergency Medicine
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 7, Issue 1
January 2021
Pages 1-3

  • Receive Date 01 July 2019
  • Revise Date 18 September 2019
  • Accept Date 25 September 2019

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