Medical Toxicology Education and Global Health: It is Still a World of Limited Resources in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Affiliations

¹ Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Suite 600, 1391 Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO, 80204, USA. natalie.neumann@cuanschutz.edu.
² University of Illinois College of Medicine at University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Editorial

Natalie R Neumann et al. J Med Toxicol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;16(4):358-360.

doi: 10.1007/s13181-020-00787-3. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

¹ Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Suite 600, 1391 Speer Boulevard, Denver, CO, 80204, USA. natalie.neumann@cuanschutz.edu.
² University of Illinois College of Medicine at University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Keywords: Developing countries; Global health; Medical Education; Poisoning; Toxicology.

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