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- Title
Accidental paraffin poisoning in Kenyan children.
- Authors
Lang, T; Thuo, N; Akech, S
- Abstract
A serious and common accident in rural Kenyan homesteads is accidental ingestion of paraffin when it has been mistaken for water and offered to a young child. Here we report the incidence, parental practices and outcome of severe paraffin poisoning, requiring admission at Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya. Over a 2-year period, 48 children (0.5% of all admissions) were admitted with kerosene poisoning, constituting 62% of all poisoning cases. All cases were accidental. Ten per cent had induced vomiting. One child (2%) died. We suggest these data support assessment followed by implementation of practical and affordable measures to prevent paraffin poisoning.
- Publication
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 6, p845
- ISSN
1365-3156
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02067.x