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Poison Centre Research

Designer benzodiazepines: a report of exposures recorded in the National Poison Data System, 2014–2017

Joseph E. CarpenterGeorgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Brian Patrick MurrayGeorgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA, USA;
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Camille DunkleyGeorgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA, USA;
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Ziad N. KazziGeorgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Melissa H. GittingerGeorgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pages 282-286 | Received 02 Jul 2018, Accepted 08 Aug 2018, Published online: 15 Nov 2018

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