Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , March 2008

To Decontaminate or Not to Decontaminate? The Balance Between Potential Risks and Foreseeable Benefits

  • Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5.

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PII: S1522-8401(07)00095-X

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.11.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , March 2008

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