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Enteric-coated salicylate ingestion and gastric lavage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Rob Green
Affiliation:
PGY-5 EM Critical Care Fellow
Wes Palatnick
Affiliation:
Family Medicine and Pharmacology
Milton Tenenbein
Affiliation:
Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man.

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

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