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Research Article

Comparison of US population and live birth rates with poison exposures reported to the National Poison Data System (NPDS): children ages 0–5 years from 2000 to 2012

H. A. SpillerCentral Ohio Poison Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Ohio, USA;The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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D. A. SpykerUniform Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda MD, USA;University of California, San Francisco, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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M. J. CasavantCentral Ohio Poison Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Ohio, USA;The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, OH, USA
Pages 151-155 | Received 11 Dec 2012, Accepted 30 Jan 2013, Published online: 11 Mar 2013

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