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A promising poison information centre model for Africa()

INTRODUCTION: The burden of poisoning exposures in Africa is a significant public health concern, yet only ten African countries have poisons information centres. The establishment of poisons centres was subsequently identified as a priority. This article focuses on workshop discussions with interna...

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Autores principales:	Marks, Carine, van Hoving, Niel, Edwards, Nick, Kanema, Christopher, Kapindula, David, Menge, Tom, Nyadedzor, Caesar, Roberts, Clare, Tagwireyi, Dexter, Tempowski, Joanna
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2016
Materias:	Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2015.09.005

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