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. 2020 Jul 9;24(1):402.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03140-w.

Double trouble: methanol outbreak in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran-a cross-sectional assessment

Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam  1   2 , Nasim Zamani  3   4 , Ali-Asghar Kolahi  3 , Rebecca McDonald  5 , Knut Erik Hovda  6
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Double trouble: methanol outbreak in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran-a cross-sectional assessment

Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam et al. Crit Care. .
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Keywords: Alcohol; Coronavirus; Ethanol; Mortality; Poisoning.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Mortality by province based on LMO data
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