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(Pediatrics in Review. 2008;29:214-215.)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Emetics, Cathartics, and Gastric Lavage

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Of the more than 2 million exposures reported to United States Poison Control Centers in 2003, more than 75% were ingestions. Although most did not require referral to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Perry Sheffield, MD
 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Manhattan, NY

Janet R. Serwint, MD, Consulting Editor




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