Acetaminophen

Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 825-834

  Salhanick, Steven D ^a   Shannon, Michael W ^a,b,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Regional Center for Poison Control   (United States)

^d Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU)   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-0693-4.50052-9     Document Type: Chapter

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