Dangerous toys: the expanding problem of water-absorbing beads

Med J Aust. 2016 Dec 12;205(11):528. doi: 10.5694/mja16.00936.

Authors

Rose Cairns¹, Jared A Brown², Nicholas A Buckley²

Affiliations

¹ NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW rose.cairns@health.nsw.gov.au.
² NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW.

PMID: 27927131
DOI: 10.5694/mja16.00936

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Australia
Child
Child, Preschool
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*
Hazardous Substances*
Humans
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions*
Infant
Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
Play and Playthings*
Polymers*

Substances

Hazardous Substances
Polymers