Acute ethanol poisoning in a 6-year-old girl following ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitizer at school
Madeline Matar Joseph(), Cristina Zeretzke, Sara Reader, Dawn R. Sollee
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (Joseph MM, Reader S);Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Pediatric Residency Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (Zeretzke C); University of Florida College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville, USA (Sollee DR)
Madeline Matar Joseph, Cristina Zeretzke, Sara Reader, Dawn R. Sollee. Acute ethanol poisoning in a 6-year-old girl following ingestion of alcohol-based hand sanitizer at school[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011, 2(3): 232-233.
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