Prevalence and costs of hospitalizations for poisoning and accidental intoxication in Brazilian elderly

A cross-sectional study of secondary data/information obtained from the Hospital Information System (HIS) spanning the years 2008 - 2009 was performed. The distribution of the main hospital admissions by gender, age, color/race, region and federal unit of residence, average expenditure and average l...

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Main Authors: Marcelle Silva de Abreu, Silvandro Diego de Albuquerque Ferreira, Larissa Pelágia de Lima Ferreira, José Ferreira Toneo Júnior, Wamberto Vieira Maciel, Shirley Suely Soares Veras Maciel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502013000400007&lng=en&tlng=en