A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : To exa mi ne the cha rac te ris tics of chil dren who in ges ted cor ro si ve subs tances and the ir mot hers' at ti tu des to ward child-re a ring. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : This study was conduc ted in the p e di at ric gas tro en te ro logy de part ment of a uni ver sity hos pi tal bet we en Ap ril 2008 and March 2009. The mot hers who se chil dren we re hos pi ta li zed with the di ag no sis of

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... in to xi ca ti on due to in ges ti on of cor ro si ve subs tan ces for med the po pu la ti on gro up, whi le 71 mot hers who ac cepted to par ti ci pa te in the study for med the samp le gro up. The "Form of Qu es ti on na i re " and "Pa ren tal At ti tu de Re se arch Ins tru ment" (PA RI) we re used for gat he ring da ta. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : Cor ro si ve subs tan ces which ca u sed in to xi ca ti on in the study we re deg re a sers, ble ac hes and li me sol vents. It was se en that the in ges ted cor ro si ve subs tan ces we re most fre qu ently kept in the kitc hen ca bi nets. It was seen that the in ges ted cor ro si ve subs tan ces we re not in the ir ori gi nal pac ka ges (69%). The re la ti onship bet we en the age of the chil dren who in ges ted cor ro si ve subs tan ces (p> 0.05), the ir gen der (p> 0.05), edu ca ti on le vel of the ir mot hers (p> 0.05) and mot hers' at ti tu des to ward child-re a ring we re not fo und sta tis ti cally sig ni fi cant. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : It is im por tant to ca re fully buy and sto re cor ro si ves, which are used as cle a ning pro ducts in the ho u se, in or der to pre vent cor ro si ve po i so ning in children. Com pa ra ti ve stu di es on the child re a ring at ti tu des of mot hers who se chil dren ha ve ex pe rien ced po i so ning sho uld be con duc ted.