MORBIDITY TRENDS OF UNINTENTIONAL POISONINGS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KLAIPEDA COUNTY (LITHUANIA)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Unintentional poisonings in children, teenagers, andyoung people result in significant mortality and morbidityglobally. The aim of the study was to estimatemorbidity trends due to unintentional poisonings inchildren and young people with focus on unintentionalpoisonings from medicines, alcohol, and illicitdrugs in Klaipeda County (Lithuania).The data (over 2003-2015) were obtained from theHealth…