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Iatrogenic intravenous medication errors reported to the PIC Erfurt

Michael DetersPoisons Information Center, Erfurt, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dagmar PrasaPoisons Information Center, Erfurt, Germany
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Helmut HentschelPoisons Information Center, Erfurt, Germany
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Andreas SchaperGIZ-Nord Poisons Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Pages 169-173 | Received 18 Jul 2007, Accepted 01 Nov 2007, Published online: 01 Feb 2009

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