Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acetaminophen Overdose

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wolf, Stephen J ^a   Heard, Kennon ^a   Sloan, Edward P ^a   Jagoda, Andy S ^a  

^a American Coll of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Subcommittee (Writing Committee) on Critica

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EID: 40749106462     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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