Saturday, January 14, 2006

Nonfatal, Unintentional Medication Exposures Among Young Children

Nonfatal, Unintentional Medication Exposures Among Young Children: "Young children are vulnerable to inadvertent exposure to prescription and over-the-counter medications, especially when these items are not stored securely. The findings in this report indicate that an estimated 53,517 U.S. children aged <4 years were treated annually in hospital emergency departments for unintentional medication exposures "

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