Ethanol: Tastes Great! Fomepizole: Less Filling!

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-453

  Sivilotti, Marco L A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHANOL;

ACIDEMIA; AGITATION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MONITOR; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANTIDOTES; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 62649168328     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.038     Document Type: Editorial

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