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¹Departments of Emergency Medicine, and of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (Sivilotti), Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Emergency Medicine (Yarema), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Poison and Drug Information Service, Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Yarema), Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Departments of Medicine, of Pediatrics and of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Juurlink), University of Toronto; Ontario Poison Centre (Sivilotti, Juurlink), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont. marco.sivilotti@queensu.ca.

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