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Letters to the Editor

Fatal multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation in acute chromated copper arsenate poisoning

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Pages 186-187 | Received 01 Sep 2012, Accepted 17 Dec 2012, Published online: 14 Feb 2013

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