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Trends in Telemedicine & E-health

Telemedicine Application in Toxicology

  • Open or CloseSadrieh Hajesmaeel Gohari1,2*

    1PhD candidate of Health Information Management ,Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

    2PhD candidate of Health Information Management, Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    *Corresponding author: Sadrieh Hajesmaeel Gohari, 1PhD candidate of Health Information Management ,Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS),Tehran, Iran 2PhD candidate of Health Information Management, Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Submission: June 19, 2019;Published: June 24, 2019

Abstract

Poisoning is an abnormality in the body that is caused by the entry of foreign substances such as toxins and drugs into the body. The entry of poison into the body occurs in several ways, such as breathing gases and toxic vapors, eating and drinking toxic substances, skin contact, and blood transfusions [1]. Poisoning is of different kinds based on the type of toxic substance, which includes food, heavy metals, pesticides, radioactive substances, and drugs. Poisoning is the third cause of death and unintentional injuries in the world [2]. According to the WHO statistics in 2012, approximately 193200 people died from unintentional poisoning and one million people from suicide with toxic substances yearly [3].

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