Overdrinking-induced hyponatraemia in the 2007 London marathon

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Draper, Stephen B ^a   Mori, Kate J ^a   Lloyd Owen, Simon ^b   Noakes, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84897585162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.1002     Document Type: Article

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