| pattern of hospital admissions of children with poisoning in the sudano-sahelian north eastern nigeria. | poisoning is a major problem in the paediatric population. in view of the paucity of literature on the subject matter in the northeastern part of nigeria, this retrospective study was undertaken to describe the epidemiological features of accidental poisoning in children less than 13 years old who were admitted to the emergency paediatrics unit (epu) of the university of maiduguri teaching hospital (umth), maiduguri. the specific objectives included the determination of the age range most vulner ... | 2007 | 17902501 |