Health care providers are better able to administer the correct treatment when the exact cause of poisoning is known.

Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6.

Removing intact lead paint can create invisible lead dust, which is now believed to be the main cause of poisoning.

Iron poisoning is the most common cause of accidental poisoning in young children.

Physicians then try to rule out other possible causes of the symptoms, like Parkinson's disease, stroke, head injury, a brain tumor, toxic poisoning or thyroid disorder.

The toxic compound isolated as the cause of gifblaar poisoning is sodium monofluoroacetate, which was first isolated by Marais in 1944.

In Hong Kong, aconite is the most common cause of severe poisoning from herbs.

Overexposure to these pigments was a frequent cause of accidental poisoning of artists and craftsmen.

Frequent cause of poisoning.

The National Institute of Occupational Health in Ahmedabad confirmed endosulfan was the cause of poisoning.