The secret life of America's poison centers

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  Dart, Richard C ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83655164628     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.017     Document Type: Editorial

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