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released: 11 Oct 2006

Each year in Australia since 1999-00 about 4,700 cases of poisoning in children under the age of 15 years resulted in hospitalisation. Of these, 63% were due to poisoning by pharmaceutical substances and 37% to poisoning by non-pharmaceutical substances.

ISSN 1833-024X; Cat. no. INJ 90; 12pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Recommended citation

Cripps R & Steel D 2006. Childhood poisoning in Australia. Cat. no. INJ 90. Canberra: AIHW.