Eddleston, M.; Juszczak, E.; Buckley, N.A.; Senarathna, L.; Mohammed, F.; Allen, S.; Dissanayake, W.; Hittarage, A.; Azher, S.; Jeganathan, K.; Jayamanne, S.; Sheriff, M.H.; Warrell, D.A.; Ox-Col Poisoning Study collaborators
(London : BioMed Central, 2007)
BACKGROUND: The case fatality for intentional self-poisoning in rural Asia is 10-30 times higher than in the West, mostly due to the use of highly toxic poisons. Activated charcoal is a widely available intervention that ...