European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 474-478 , November 2006

Intoxication-related fatalities in northern Germany

  • Andreas Schaper

      Affiliations

    • GIZ-Nord Poison Center of the Federal States of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein, Georg August University, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. GIZ-Nord Poisons Centre (Giftinformationszentrum-Nord der Länder Bremen, Hamburg, Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein), Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georg August University, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany. Tel.: +49 551 19240; fax: +49 551 3831881.
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  • Babette Renneberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychology, Freie Universität, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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  • Herbert Desel

      Affiliations

    • GIZ-Nord Poison Center of the Federal States of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein, Georg August University, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany
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  • Claus Langer

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Georg August University, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099 Göttingen, Germany

Received 8 November 2005 ,Revised 13 February 2006 ,Accepted 3 April 2006.

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PII: S0953-6205(06)00182-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.04.009

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 474-478 , November 2006

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