The changing profile of poisoning and its management

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 608-610

  MacNamara, A F ^a   Riyat, M S ^a   Quinton, D N ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029861818     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901104     Document Type: Article

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