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The economics of poisoning: The role of telemedicine and toxicovigilance

K Balme, C Stephen, L Curling, F Mohamed, C du Plessis, C Marks, V Pillay-Fuentes Lorente, R van Rensburg, G Voigt

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K Balme, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

C Stephen, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

L Curling, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

F Mohamed, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

C du Plessis, Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

C Marks, Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

V Pillay-Fuentes Lorente, Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

R van Rensburg, Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

G Voigt, Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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South African Medical Journal 2020;110(12):1152. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i12.15296

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Date submitted: 2020-11-27
Date published: 2020-11-27

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