TY  - CHAP
AU  - Nicolai Nistor
AU  - Otilia Frăsinariu
AU  - Aniela Rugină
AU  - Irina Mihaela Ciomaga
AU  - Violeta Ștreangă
ED  - Ozgur Karcioglu
ED  - Banu Arslan
Y1  - 2019-02-06
PY  - 2019
T1  - Poisoning in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
N2  - Over 400 years ago, Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541) cited: "All substances are poisons; there is none that is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy." This is often condensed to: "The dose makes the poison." So, why are we overtly anxious about intoxications?In fact, poisons became a global problem with the industrial revolution. Pesticides, asbestos, occupational chemicals, air pollution, and heavy metal toxicity maintain high priority worldwide, especially in developing countries. Children between 0 and 5 years old are the most vulnerable to both acute and chronic poisonings, while older adults suffer from the chronic effects of chemicals. This book aims to raise awareness about the challenges of poisons, to help clinicians understand current issues in toxicology.
BT  - Poisoning in the Modern World
SP  - Ch. 2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.83573
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.83573
SN  - 978-1-83880-786-3
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -