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Brief Communication

Severe human poisoning with a flufenoxuron-containing insecticide: Report of a case with transient myocardial dysfunction and review of the literature

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Pages 569-572 | Received 14 Nov 2014, Accepted 07 Apr 2015, Published online: 07 May 2015

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