Association of unintentional pediatric exposures with decriminalization of marijuana in the united states

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 684-689

  Wang, George S ^a   Roosevelt, Genie ^b,c   Le Lait, Marie Claire ^a   Martinez, Erin M ^a   Bucher Bartelson, Becki ^a   Bronstein, Alvin C ^a   Heard, Kennon ^a,c  

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

^b Department of Emergency Medicine Denver Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; DRUG LEGISLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANNABIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901198483     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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