Practice makes perfect: Water hemlock poisoning

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 18-19

  Short, Julie ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN;

CASE REPORT; CICUTA; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

CICUTA; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PLANT POISONING; SEIZURES; SIALORRHEA;

EID: 33846027816     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2006.11.14.7.18.c4215     Document Type: Article

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