Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 197-200 , July 2005

Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System: Report of an Institute of Medicine Committee

  • Bernard Guyer, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Bernard Guyer, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, Department of Maternal and Child Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Anne Mavor, MS

      Affiliations

    • From Department of Population and Family Health Sciences (Dr Guyer), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Study Director (Ms Mavor), Committee on Poison Prevention and Control, Institute of Medicine, Washington DC
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  • The Institute of Medicine Committee on Poison Prevention and Control

      Affiliations

    • Bernard Guyer (chair), Jeffrey Alexander, Paul Blanc, Dennis Emerson, Jerris Hedges, Mark Scott Kamlet, Angela Mickalide, Paul Pentel, Barry Rumack, David Schor, Daniel Spyker, Andy Stragachis, David Tollerud, and Deborah Klein Walker.

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  3. Watson W , Litovitz T , Rodgers G , et al.   2002 Annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System . Am J Emerg Med . 2003;21:353–421
  4. US Department of Health and Human Services. . Healthy People 2010 . Available at: http://www.healthypeople.gov Accessed August 2003
  5. Scherz RG , Robertson WO . The history of poison control centers in the United States . Clin Toxicol . 1978;12:291–296
  6. American Association of Poison Control Centers. . Poison center survey results . Available at: http://www.aapcc.org/surveyresults2001.htm 2001; Accessed April 2003

PII: S1530-1567(05)60202-X

doi: 10.1367/1539-4409(2005)5[197:FAPPAC]2.0.CO;2

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 197-200 , July 2005

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