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Is the Yew Really Poisonous to You?

Edward P. Krenzelok Pittsburgh Poison Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh (EPK); Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University (TDJ); Keck Center for Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh (JA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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T. D. Jacobsen Pittsburgh Poison Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh (EPK); Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University (TDJ); Keck Center for Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh (JA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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John Aronis Pittsburgh Poison Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh (EPK); Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University (TDJ); Keck Center for Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh (JA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pages 219-223 | Published online: 29 Jul 2009

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Vanessa Alexandra Buetler, Alexandra Maria Braunshausen, Stefan Weiler, Jolanta Klukowska-Rötzler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos & Evangelia Liakoni. (2023) Characteristics of emergency department presentations following ingestion of Taxus baccata (yew). Clinical Toxicology 61:2, pages 104-109.
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