has been observed only in imported dogs and as a consequence no preventive measures are possible. In areas where the disease is commonly encountered, however, control measures are directed against sandflies, which transmit the parasites. Although phenamidine has been used in the treatment of leishmaniasis, relapses are common and specific medication is generally unsatisfactory. The only tremato...

Rhode Island mandates that all children under the age of six be screened for lead annually, and that all lead test results be reported to the RI Department of Health. Following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the Rhode Island Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (RI CLPPP) considers children under the age of six with a venous blood lead level...

IN EUROPEAN cities accidental poisoning has been a matter of increasing concern. The incidence has been steadily rising in recent years, and from figures supplied by the Medical Officer of Health for Belfast, accidental poisoning accounts for 15 per cent of all home accidents, and there has been an increase of approximately 300 per cent in the years 1963-66. Perhaps of more importance is that a...

BACKGROUND Iron poisoning is a major cause of unintentional poisoning death in young children. The US Food and Drug Administration proclaimed a regulation for unit-dose packaging of iron supplements in 1997. OBJECTIVE To determine whether the requirement for unit-dose packaging of iron supplements decreases the incidence of iron ingestion and the incidence of deaths due to iron poisoning in c...

The fungicide blasticidin S has been used against a rice blast disease. Reports on its human toxicity are extremely limited, and irritation to GI tract, eye and skin are the presenting symptoms in most afflicted cases. Fatalities resulting from profuse intestinal fluid loss with subsequent hypotension have also been recorded. In an attempt to delineate the clinical pictures of blasticidin S poi...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to assess the pattern and outcome of acute cholinesterase inhibitors substances (CIS) poisoning cases, in a cohort from a regional tertiary care hospital. METHODS cases admitted in the Toxicology Clinic of "Sf. Spiridon" Emergency Clinic Hospital Iasi, Romania between 1983 and 2013 were studied. RESULTS a total number of 606 patients were included....

Background: Intentional and unintentional poisoning is a frequently occurred injury in childhood throughout the world, which is a common reason for referrals to hospital and affecting children health profoundly. There are different patterns of poisoning due to substantial differences in socioeconomic and cultures in different countries regions, which may influence the principle of prevention an...

  Background: To study the pattern of acute chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. Methods: This was a prospective study of patients with chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning who were admitted to the emergency department of Civil Hospital Ahmadabad, from 1st October 2006 to 30th September 2007. Socio-demographic details, intention of poisoning, type of poison, dur...

In order to quantify the effects of primary prevention on health outcomes, I investigate the impact of treatment of lead-based paint hazards in housing units on childhood lead poisoning at the census tract level in Chicago, IL. I use the findings from the analysis to weigh the costs of lead interventions against the potential benefits of reducing blood lead levels in children. Childhood lead po...