TY  - JOUR
T1  - POisonings top crashes for injury-related deaths
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/01/18
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1998
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 242
EP  - 242
VL  - 307
IS  - 3
N2  - 
While the rate of injury-related deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes fell by half between 1980 and 2008 (from 22.9 per 100 000 population to 12.5 per 100 000 population), the poisoning rate has tripled (from 4.8 per 100 000 population to 13.5 per 100 000 population), according to the report. There were 41 000 poisoning deaths in 2008, 9 out of 10 of which were caused by medications or illicit drugs.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1998
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1998
ER  -