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Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology Volume 39, 2001 - Issue 6
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Research Article

Sustained-Release Potassium Chloride Overdose

Dr. Mark Su New York City Poison Control Center, 455 1st Avenue, Room 123, New York, NY, 10016, U.S.A.; Department of Emergency Medicine, New York City Poison Control Center, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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Christine Stork Department of Emergency Medicine, Central New York Regional Poison Control Center, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
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Sreenivas Ravuri Department of Critical Care, St. Anthony's Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
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Tom Lavoie Department of Emergency Medicine, Central New York Regional Poison Control Center, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
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Deborah Anguish Department of Emergency Medicine, Central New York Regional Poison Control Center, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
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Lewis S. Nelson Department of Emergency Medicine, New York City Poison Control Center, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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Robert S. Hoffman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York City Poison Control Center, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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Pages 641-648 | Published online: 31 Oct 2001

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