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Children and Home Non Intentional Intoxication (HNII)
13 May, 2008
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CHARACTERIZATION OF HOME NON INTENTIONAL INTOXICATIONS IN ROSARIO, ARGENTINA,
THROUGH ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLIC DATA. The authors have proposed an adaptation of the term accident to Toxicology, suggesting the use of the denomination Home Non Intentional Intoxications (HNII). We made an analysis of symbolic data to characterize the HNII. The data correspond to cases of intoxications registered in Sertox, between January 2000 and June 2003. They were analyzed with our own software (Rectox ®). They were processed first with the software SPAD 4.5 (CISIA) to characterize the variable
type of intoxication (2739 HNII, 1728 Non HNII). The procedure orders the statistically significant, most characteristic categories, of both types of intoxication, then they are taken as two symbolic objects in the environment of the software SODAS. The synthetic image with the results is obtained uniting with a color line the points-categories of greater frequency. They are, for HNII: individuals between 0 and 9 years of age (81%) and of male sex (59%), they consume a small quantity (81%), they evolve without symptoms (70%), they consult to Sertox within one hour (80%), the types of toxic are home products (23%) and domestic insecticides (20%), with liquid presentation (54%), the most frequent hours of occurrence being from 20 to 22 (18%), and 10 to 14 (26%). The symbolic objects permit to resolve problems of notunitary
answer, as in this case a visually fast description of the HNII and easy comparison with the Non HNII. We consider that this characterization will permit us to advance in the implementation of prevention strategies and control of HNII in Rosario, Argentina.
THROUGH ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLIC DATA. The authors have proposed an adaptation of the term accident to Toxicology, suggesting the use of the denomination Home Non Intentional Intoxications (HNII). We made an analysis of symbolic data to characterize the HNII. The data correspond to cases of intoxications registered in Sertox, between January 2000 and June 2003. They were analyzed with our own software (Rectox ®). They were processed first with the software SPAD 4.5 (CISIA) to characterize the variable
type of intoxication (2739 HNII, 1728 Non HNII). The procedure orders the statistically significant, most characteristic categories, of both types of intoxication, then they are taken as two symbolic objects in the environment of the software SODAS. The synthetic image with the results is obtained uniting with a color line the points-categories of greater frequency. They are, for HNII: individuals between 0 and 9 years of age (81%) and of male sex (59%), they consume a small quantity (81%), they evolve without symptoms (70%), they consult to Sertox within one hour (80%), the types of toxic are home products (23%) and domestic insecticides (20%), with liquid presentation (54%), the most frequent hours of occurrence being from 20 to 22 (18%), and 10 to 14 (26%). The symbolic objects permit to resolve problems of notunitary
answer, as in this case a visually fast description of the HNII and easy comparison with the Non HNII. We consider that this characterization will permit us to advance in the implementation of prevention strategies and control of HNII in Rosario, Argentina.