The effect of recalling paracetamol on hospital admissions for poisoning

Corrine R Balit,* Geoffrey K Isbister,† Andrew H Dawson,‡ Frank F Daly,§ Ian M Whyte‡

1 NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children's Hospital, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145
3 Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital and the University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
4 Royal Perth Hospital and University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: corrinebalit@aol.com

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