A review of poisonings originating from self-administration of common preventative substances during COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.
² Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: shv_ghareghani@yahoo.com.
³ Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
⁴ Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health, School of Public Health Initiative, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA.

Review

Hassan Hashemi et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan:63:147-148.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.09.020. Epub 2022 Sep 16.

¹ Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.
² Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: shv_ghareghani@yahoo.com.
³ Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
⁴ Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health, School of Public Health Initiative, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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