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Estimating the impact of adopting the revised United Kingdom acetaminophen treatment nomogram in the U.S. population

Michael LevineDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Sam StellpflugDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Regions Healthcare, St. Paul, MN, USA;
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Anthony F. PizonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
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Stephen TraubDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA;
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Rais VohraDepartment of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Fresno Medical Center and the California Poison Control System, Fresno, CA, USA;
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Timothy WiegandDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA;
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Nicole TraubDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA;
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David TashmanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;
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Shoma DesaiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;
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Jamie ChangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Fresno Medical Center, Fresno, CA, USA;
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Dhruv NathwaniDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
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Stephen ThomasHamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; ;Emergency Department, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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Pages 569-572 | Received 27 Nov 2016, Accepted 29 Jan 2017, Published online: 01 Mar 2017

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