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. 2020 Apr:219:254-258.e1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.004. Epub 2020 Jan 14.

Illicit Drug Exposures in Young Pediatric Patients Reported to the National Poison Data System, 2006-2016

Jessica Graham  1 , Jan Leonard  2 , Shireen Banerji  3 , George Sam Wang  3
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Illicit Drug Exposures in Young Pediatric Patients Reported to the National Poison Data System, 2006-2016

Jessica Graham et al. J Pediatr. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

This retrospective review of poison center calls found that there were 9122 illicit drug exposures reported in children <10 years of age between 2006 and 2016. Marijuana and methamphetamine were reported most frequently, with significant increases over the study period; methamphetamine was associated with the most deaths.

Keywords: drug abuse; neglect; pediatric; toxicology.

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