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Abstract
Recent global estimates of deaths from poisoning suggest that more than 150,000 deaths occur each year in China from pesticide poisoning alone. One response from the Chinese government has been to set up Poison Control Centers in each province to improve management. Unfortunately, the epidemiology of poisoning in China is still unclear and there are no specialist clinical toxicologists to take the lead in dealing with the massive loss of life. The objective of this article is to survey the situation of clinical toxicology in China and give some suggestions for its development.
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Acknowledgments
We thank the journal reviewers for the improvements that they suggested. YL, XY, ZW, and SM proposed writing this paper. CS and ZQ confirmed the Chinese data it contains while ME checked the data from outside China. YL wrote the first draft of the paper, ME edited it for language and content; all authors revised drafts. ME was funded by the Wellcome Trust (GR063560).
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflict of interest related to this article.