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Poisoning with malicious or criminal intent: characteristics and outcome of patients presenting for emergency care

Magali GautheyDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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Maya CapuaDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA;
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Jeffrey BrentDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; ;Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA;
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Yaron FinkelsteinDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pages 628-631 | Received 21 Aug 2018, Accepted 05 Nov 2018, Published online: 14 Jan 2019

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