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Medication-Associated Diethylene Glycol Mass Poisoning: A Review and Discussion on the Origin of Con...

Medication-Associated Diethylene Glycol Mass Poisoning: A Review and Discussion on the Origin of Con...

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Medication-Associated Diethylene Glycol Mass Poisoning: A Review and Discussion on the Origin of Contamination

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Full title

Medication-Associated Diethylene Glycol Mass Poisoning: A Review and Discussion on the Origin of Contamination

Publisher

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Journal title

Journal of public health policy, 2009-07, Vol.30 (2), p.127-143

Language

English

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Publisher

London: Palgrave Macmillan

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Contents

Diethylene glycol (DEG), an extremely toxic chemical, has been implicated as the etiologic agent in at least 12 medication-associated mass poisonings over the last 70 years. Why DEG mass poisonings occur remains unclear. Most reports do not contain detailed reports of trace-back investigations into the etiology. The authors, therefore, conducted a...

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Full title

Medication-Associated Diethylene Glycol Mass Poisoning: A Review and Discussion on the Origin of Contamination

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_57302326

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_57302326

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ISSN

0197-5897

E-ISSN

1745-655X

DOI

10.1057/jphp.2009.2

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