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Role of age-sex as underlying risk factors for death in acute pesticide self-poisoning: a prospective cohort study

Firouzeh Noghrehchia Translational Australian Clinical Toxicology (TACT) Research Group, Discipline of Biomedical Informatics & Digital Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew H. Dawsona Translational Australian Clinical Toxicology (TACT) Research Group, Discipline of Biomedical Informatics & Digital Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;b Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8047-397XView further author information
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Jacques E. Raubenheimera Translational Australian Clinical Toxicology (TACT) Research Group, Discipline of Biomedical Informatics & Digital Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3907-304XView further author information
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Nicholas A. Buckleya Translational Australian Clinical Toxicology (TACT) Research Group, Discipline of Biomedical Informatics & Digital Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4711View further author information
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Pages 184-190 | Received 22 Feb 2021, Accepted 18 Apr 2021, Published online: 25 May 2021

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