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The epidemiology of glyphosate-surfactant herbicide poisoning in Taiwan, 1986–2007: a poison center study

Ying-Ju Chen Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Ming-Ling Wu Division of Clinical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Jou-Fang Deng Division of Clinical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Chen-Chang Yang Division of Clinical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROCCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 670-677 | Received 10 Feb 2009, Accepted 16 Jun 2009, Published online: 30 Jul 2009

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