Medication-associated diethylene glycol mass poisoning: A review and discussion on the origin of contamination
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- 13 July 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Public Health Policy
- Vol. 30 (2) , 127-143
Abstract
Diethylene glycol (DEG), an extremely toxic chemical, has been implicated as the etiologic agent in at least 12 medication-associated mass poisonings over the last 70 years. Why DEG mass poisonings...Keywords
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