Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisonings in French Amazonia: Urgent Need for a Toxicovigilance Monitoring Framework

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisonings in French Amazonia: Urgent Need for a Toxicovigilance Monitoring Framework

Background: Acute poisonings (AP) are a significant public health problem, accounting for a high number of emergency department visits and thousands of deaths worldwide. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology of AP in an adult population admitted to Cayenne Hospital (French Guiana) and to inves...

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Main Authors: Jean Marc Pujo, Yann Simon, Guy Roger Lontsi Ngoulla, Boubacar Signaté, Rémi Mutricy, Alexis Frémery, Antoine Burin, Bertrand de Toffol, Ibtissem Ben Amara, Stephanie Houcke, Amina Nasri, Dabor Resiere, Hatem Kallel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Toxics
Subjects:
epidemiology
acute poisoning
paraquat
toxicovigilance
French Guiana
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/3/200

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