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Neonicotinoid insecticides: an emerging cause of acute pesticide poisoning

Dong Haur Phua Department of Emergency Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Chun Chi Lin Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Ming-Ling Wu Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jou-Fang Deng Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen-Chang Yang Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 336-341 | Received 22 Jul 2008, Accepted 24 Nov 2008, Published online: 06 May 2009

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