Emergency Medicine Practice
نویسندگان
چکیده
Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Section of Toxicology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Steven E. Aks, DO, FACMT Fellowship Director, Toxikon Consortium; Cook County Hospital, University of Illinois Hospital, RushPresbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Leon Gussow, MD, ABMT Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. Robert H. Williams, PhD, DABCC, FACMT Department of Pathology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Peer Reviewers
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