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Brief CommunicationPoisons Centres

Mass intoxication with Datura innoxia—case series and confirmation by analytical toxicology

Ioannis Papoutsis Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Panagiota Nikolaou Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Sotirios Athanaselis Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Maria Stefanidou Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Constantinos Pistos Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Chara Spiliopoulou Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Constantinos Maravelias Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Pages 143-145 | Received 05 Oct 2009, Accepted 02 Dec 2009, Published online: 06 Feb 2010

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