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Research Article

Retrospective Analysis of Calls to Poison Control Centers Resulting from Exposure to the Insect Repellent N, N-diethyl-M-Toluamide (DEET) from 1985–1989

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Pages 1-16 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008

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