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Poison Centre Research

Poisoning by non-edible squash: retrospective series of 353 patients from French Poison Control Centers

G. Le RouxCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance Grand Ouest, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; Correspondence[email protected]
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I. LeborgneCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance Grand Ouest, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France;
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M. LabadieCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance de Bordeaux, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France;
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R. GarnierCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance de Paris, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris, France;
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S. Sinno-TellierAgence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail, Maisons-Alfort, France
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J. BlochCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance Grand Ouest, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France;
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M. DeguigneCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance Grand Ouest, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France;
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D. BoelsCentre Antipoison et Toxicovigilance Grand Ouest, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France;
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Pages 790-794 | Received 06 Nov 2017, Accepted 01 Jan 2018, Published online: 11 Jan 2018

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