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Clinical Research

Repetition of intentional drug overdose: a population-based study

Yaron FinkelsteinDivision of Emergency Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ;Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ;Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Erin M. MacdonaldThe Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada;
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Simon HollandsThe Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada;
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Marco L. A. SivilottiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada; ;Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada;
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Janine R. HutsonDivision of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
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Muhammad M. MamdaniApplied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada;
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Gideon KorenDivision of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ;Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada;
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David N. JuurlinkThe Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada; ;Sunnybrook Hospital, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; ;Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
& for The Canadian Drug Safety and Effectiveness Research Network (CDSERN) show all
Pages 585-589 | Received 29 Nov 2015, Accepted 04 Apr 2016, Published online: 12 May 2016

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