Greenberg R S, Osterhout S K
Am J Public Health. 1982 Apr;72(4):394-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.72.4.394.
Review of 2,339 Duke Poison Control Center records for calendar year 1977 revealed that preschool children had an autumn peak for all poisonings; older victims a summer predominance. When the reports were stratified by poisoning agent, significant summer predominance was noted in preschool victims for plants, pesticides, paints, and cosmetics; winter predominance for external medicines. In older victims, spring predominance was found for pesticides and soaps, summer predominance for envenomations, plants, internal medicines, ethanol, soaps, and external medicines.
对杜克大学毒物控制中心1977年全年的2339份记录进行回顾发现,学龄前儿童各类中毒事件在秋季达到高峰;年龄较大的受害者中毒事件则以夏季居多。当按中毒剂对报告进行分层时,发现学龄前受害者中,植物、农药、油漆和化妆品中毒事件在夏季显著居多;外用药中毒事件在冬季居多。在年龄较大的受害者中,农药和肥皂中毒事件在春季居多,蛇咬、植物、内服药、乙醇、肥皂和外用药中毒事件在夏季居多。