Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 121-125 , August 2008

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children

  • Chi-Hsiun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Menonnite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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  • Nan-Chang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Che-Sheng Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Chih Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 3 January 2008 ,Revised 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 28 August 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(08)60026-1

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60026-1

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 121-125 , August 2008

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