What is it about?
CO poisoning is still a public health concern, especially in developing countries. We aimed to focus on CO poisoning secular trends based on registry data for the recent 7 years in Northeast of Iran.
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Why is it important?
It seems that current health prevention studies are not effectively working, these secular trends can enlighten health policymakers to implement proper population-based interventions like education or regulations for CO detectors.
Perspectives
CO poisoning rate has been constant in recent years. The highest risk is in >60 years’ age group.
Dr Majid Khadem Rezaiyan
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Carbon monoxide poisoning in Northeast of Iran, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, July 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.04.002.
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