Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , March 2008

What's New in Pediatric Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?

  • Carl R. Baum, MD, FAAP, FACMT

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Carl R. Baum, MD, FAAP, FACMT, Center for Children's Environmental Toxicology, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, 840 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT 06504.

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PII: S1522-8401(07)00096-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.11.002

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , March 2008

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