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Poison Centre Research

Human exposure to larvae of processionary moths in France: study of symptomatic cases registered by the French poison control centres between 2012 and 2019

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Pages 231-238 | Received 03 Feb 2021, Accepted 15 Apr 2021, Published online: 14 May 2021

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