Toxicoepidemiology of poisoning exhibited in Indian population from 2010 to 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the prevalence of pesticide, corrosive, drugs, venom and miscellaneous poisoning in India.

Setting

Systematic literature search was done in PubMed Central, Cochrane and Google Scholar databases for studies that satisfied the inclusion criteria. Systematic review and meta-analyses of all observational studies published in the English language from January 2010 to May 2020 were included in this review.

Participants

Patients exposed to poisoning reported to hospitals were included.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The prevalence of pesticide poisoning was analysed. The prevalence of poisoning due to corrosives, venom, drugs and miscellaneous agents, along with subgroup analysis based on age and region, was also determined. The percenta

SUBMITTER: Mittal C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8149432 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature