Calls to Florida Poison Control Centers about mercury: Trends over 2003-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this analysis was to contrast trends in exposure-report calls and informational queries (a measure of public interest) about mercury to the Florida Poison Control Centers over 2003-2013.

Materials and methods

Poison-control specialists coded calls to Florida Poison Control Centers by substance of concern, caller demographics, and whether the call pertained to an exposure event or was an informational query. For the present study, call records regarding mercury were de-identified and provided along with daily total number of calls for statistical analysis. We fit Poisson models using generalized estimating equations to summarize changes across years in counts of daily calls to Florida Poison Control Centers, adjusting for month. In a second stage of analy

SUBMITTER: Gribble MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623635 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature