Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 542-546 , October 2007

Assessment and diagnosis of the poisoned patient

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.07.013

Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 542-546 , October 2007

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