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Epidemiological Study of Poisoning in Teaching Hospitals in Shiraz in 1387
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M. Aryaie1   , R. Dokoohaki2 , A. Rezaeian Mehrabadi3 , F. Bakhsha * 4 |
1- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Faculty Mentor Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
3- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
4- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Paramedical, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran , Bakhsha_fo@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (7899 Views) |
| Background/Objective: Poisoning is One common cause of referred cases , especially in the adolescent and young group to hospital emergency department. This study was designed to determine Epidemiologic of poisoning in teaching hospitals, shiraz in 1387 Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that 266 sample via random sampling with 95% confidence interval and α 0.05 were considered. Results: There were 47% female and 53% male. 67.2 percent of poisoned patient were single and 32.8% were married. This study showed, highest rate of poisoning was between the age of 20-35 years. Most common season of poisoning was in spring. Overall mortality of our study was 1.6 percent. Conclusions: Regional epidemiological information, make rational use of resources in order to prevention and control of poisoning and with using analysis of effective factors will be reduced poisoning by policymakers and planners. |
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| Keywords: Poisoning, Epidemiology, Shiraz |
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Received: 2012/08/26 | Accepted: 2017/08/23 | Published: 2017/08/23
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