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  • Title: Accidental poisoning in children in Lusaka.
    Author: Bhushan V, Chintu C, Gupta K.
    Journal: Med J Zambia; 1979; 13(4):61-3. PubMed ID: 539103.
    Abstract:
    An analysis of 378 cases of accidental poisoning by ingestion or inhalation in children admitted to the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, in 1978, is presented. The distribution was as follows: paraffin poisoning (57.1%), food poisoning (18.3%), other household poisons (11%) and "medicines" (10.8%). In 9 cases poison could not be identified. Two patients (0.5%) died.
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