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| Setting | Study | Study period | Geographic area | Study design | Sample group | Number of cases (frequency if reported) |
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| MOPH (governmental surveillance) | BPS [5] | Annually | National | Retrospective review | Diagnosis data from medical records | 212,833 cases (3.64 cases per 1000 population) |
| BOE [6] | Annually | National | Surveillance | Human poisoning cases reported by public health officer | Grouped by poisoning agents |
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| University hospital-based poison control center | Ramathibodi Poison Center [7] | 2001–2004 | National | Prospective study, with outcome followup at day 30 | Human poisoning voluntarily reported by physician | 15,739 calls (6/100,000 population) |
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| Other hospitals | Thammasat [10] | 2006–2008 | Central, urbanized | Chart review | Emergency department patient | 1,112 cases (1.4% of all ED visits) |
| Chiang Mai [11] | 2005 | Northern, agricultural evolving to urbanized | Chart review | Admitted patients | 550 cases (34/100,000 population) |
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Phitsanulok [12] | 1997–1999 | Northern, agricultural | Chart review | Admitted patients | 981 cases |
| Uthai Thani [13] | 1989–1991 | Central, agricultural | Chart review | Admitted patients | 417 cases |
| Khon Kaen [14] | 1989–1990 | Northeastern, agricultural | Prospective collected from patient diagnosed with poisoning | Patients presenting to internal, emergency department, medicine and pediatrics service, and general practice | 257 cases (0.76/1,000 hospital visits) |
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