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S K Osterhout

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PubMed1982

Seasonal trends in reported poisonings.

Review of 2,339 Duke Poison Control Center records for calendar year 1977 revealed that preschool children had an autumn peak for all poisonings; older victims a summer predominance. When the reports were stratified by poisoning agent, significant summer predominance was noted in preschool victims for plants, pesticides, paints, and cosmetics; winter predominance for external medicines. In older victims, spring predominance was found for pesticides and soaps, summer predominance for envenomations, plants, internal medicines, ethanol, soaps, and external medicines.

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PubMed1982

Diurnal trends in reported poisonings.

Review of the Duke Poison Control Center records for 1977 revealed an evening peak for preschool poisonings, while older victims had a late night maximum. When the reports were stratified by poisoning agent, both age groups showed diurnal trends for internal medicines, plants, household products, and pesticides. In addition, preschool victims had temporal variation in poisonings with soaps, petroleum compounds, external medicines, and cosmetics.

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PubMed1982

Reported multiple victim poisonings of children.

Review of the Duke Poison Control Center records for 1977 revealed that 5.3% of poisoned children were involved in multiple victim incidents. Most of the multiple victim poisonings were composed of two children and none included more than four children. Multiple victim poisonings tended to occur in older children and preferentially involved plants, foods, and pesticides when compared with single victim episodes. The multiple victim poisonings were also more likely to occur during the spring and autumn of the year.

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