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Poisoning during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: retrospective analysis of exposures reported to the Poison Unit of the Mansoura Emergency Hospital

Shimaa M. Motaweia Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Osama A. Shabkaa Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Huimei Liub Department of Statistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 66-70 | Published online: 15 May 2022

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