Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Intoxications (Poisonings Database, Québec )

Contact
Germain Lebel
Professionnel de recherche
Unité de recherche en santé publique,
Centre de recherche du CHUL (CHUQ)
945 Avenue Wolfe, 2e étage
Sainte-Foy (Québec)
G1V 5B3
Tel: (418) 650-5115 (extension: 5249)
E-mail: germain.lebel@crchul.ulaval.ca

M^me Lyse Lefebvre
Responsable des extrants statistiques, CAPQ
Direction de la Toxicologie Humaine
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec
Tel: 418-650-5115 poste 215
E-mail: lyse.lefebvre@inspq.qc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Direction de la Toxicologie Humaine, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec

Purpose of Database
The database records and stores data on all poisoning-related calls to the Centre Anti-Poison du Québec (CAPQ).

Content
Provincial, regional, and municipal data on hazardous products (domestic), medications, pesticides (domestic, industrial, agricultural), water quality, soil contaminants, food contaminants, hazardous waste, contaminated sites. Also, data on the type of call, type of problem, and the contaminant(s) concerned. Data types: toxicological, chemical, microbiological, epidemiological, clinical/health outcomes. Personal data: name, city or town, telephone number. Geolocator: RSS.

Year Database Established
Not specified

Coverage Period
1989-2001

Data Updates
Annually

Data Provider
Institut National de Santé Publique

Data Availability
Not specified

Reports
Not specified

Additional Comments
Keywords for searches: Intoxications, nombre d'appels