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Clinical Research

Cocaine exposures reported to United States poison control centers, 2000–2020

Sarah Beckera Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;b Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USAView further author information
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Henry A. Spillerc Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA;d Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Jaahnavi Badetia Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Alexandra R. Funke Florida Poison Information Center, Tampa, FL, USAView further author information
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Marcel J. Casavanta Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;c Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA;d Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Motao Zhua Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;c Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Nichole L. Michaelsa Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;c Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2618-6440View further author information
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Gary A. Smitha Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;c Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA;f Child Injury Prevention Alliance, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 827-837 | Received 23 Oct 2021, Accepted 09 Feb 2022, Published online: 28 Feb 2022

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