Poisoning: introduction

Allister Vale MD FRCP FRCPE FRCPG FFOM FAACT FBTS is Director of the National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit) and the West Midlands Poisons Unit at City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. He is the Past-President of the British Toxicology Society, a Past-President of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, and a Past-Trustee of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. Competing Interests: none declared

D Nicholas Bateman MD FRCP FRCPE FBPharmacolS FBTS is Professor in Clinical Toxicology and Director of the National Poisons Information Service (Edinburgh Unit) at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK. He is the Past-President of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists. Competing interests: none declared

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