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Case Report

A case of attempted suicide from the ingestion of formalin

Youichi Yanagawa Department of Traumatology & Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Naoyuki Kaneko Department of Traumatology & Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Kousuke Hatanaka Department of Traumatology & Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Toshihisa Sakamoto Department of Traumatology & Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Yoshiaki Okada Department of Traumatology & Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Shin-Ichiro Yoshimitu Department of Second Division of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
Pages 72-76 | Received 06 May 2005, Accepted 31 Aug 2005, Published online: 07 Oct 2008

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