Poisoning during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown: retrospective analysis of exposures reported to French poison control centres.
Gaël Le RouxSandra Sinno-TellierEmmanuel PuskarczykMagali LabadieKatharina von FabeckFanny PélissierPatrick NisseNathalie Paretnull nullAlexis DescathaDominique VodovarPublished in: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic altered calls to French PCCs with a small increase in calls during the study period and changes in the pattern of exposure. These changes possibly reflected the indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic i.e., limited access to primary care, fear of contracting COVID-19 and anxiety related to home isolation.