van der Merwe P J, Botha J J
Departement Farmakologie, Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat, Bloemfontein.
S Afr Med J. 1991 Mar 2;79(5):253-5.
An epidemiological study of the incidence of poisoning in children in the Bloemfontein area during 1 year was carried out. Deliberate and accidental poisonings were studied relative to: (i) age and sex of poisoned children; (ii) type of poison involved; and (iii) the time the poisoning occurred. This study showed that deliberate poisoning occurred more frequently in girls than in boys (67.5% v. 32.5%), that accidental poisoning occurred mostly in the preschool years and then more frequently in boys than in girls (65.1% v. 34.9%) and that drugs were involved in most poisonings.
对布隆方丹地区1年内儿童中毒发生率进行了一项流行病学研究。对蓄意中毒和意外中毒进行了如下相关研究：(i) 中毒儿童的年龄和性别；(ii) 涉及的毒物类型；(iii) 中毒发生的时间。这项研究表明，蓄意中毒在女孩中比在男孩中更频繁发生（67.5%对32.5%），意外中毒大多发生在学龄前，且男孩比女孩更频繁（65.1%对34.9%），并且大多数中毒事件涉及药物。
