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The Secret Life of America's Poison Centers
Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD Annals of Emergency Medicine Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages (January 2012) DOI: /j.annemergmed Copyright © 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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Figure 1 Pediatric poisoning fatalities compared with the total number of children younger than 5 years, 1972 to Arrows indicate deaths coded under International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Eighth Revision to deaths coded with ICD, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) in 1979 and a similar switch from ICD-9 to ICD, 10th Revision in 1999. Data were derived from National Center for Health Statistics. Adapted from O'Brien.2 Annals of Emergency Medicine , 62-66DOI: ( /j.annemergmed ) Copyright © 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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Figure 2 Distribution of poison centers in the United States.
Annals of Emergency Medicine , 62-66DOI: ( /j.annemergmed ) Copyright © 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
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