Penetrance values estimate the utilization of poison centers services. For a variety of reasons, penetrance values may vary greatly among geographic areas of population. We examined the relationship between ethnicity and penetrance in our population.We conducted a retrospective review of data from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000 from our poison center's database. Home calls to the center were evaluated by zip code, age, gender, substance, route of exposure, and outcome. These data were compared with U.S. Census 2000 geographic and community demographic data for San Diego by zip code. From this information, we identified zip code regions with substantial Latino populations (>50

作者：Richard F, Clark；Maureen, Phillips；Anthony S, Manoguerra；Theodore C, Chan

来源：Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology 2002 年 40卷 7期