Changing pattern of acute poisoning in adults : Experience of a large North-west Indian Hospital (1970-1989)

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-197

  Singh, Surjit ^a   Wig, N ^a   Chaudhary, D ^a   Sood, N K ^a   Sharma, B K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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