Activated charcoal: The untold story

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Lynch, Richard M ^a   Robertson, Robert ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHARCOAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OVERDOSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0038178378     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00201-1     Document Type: Article

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