Toxicity, Carbon Monoxide: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

carbon monoxide toxicity, carbon monoxide poisoning, carbon monoxide exposure, CO exposure, CO poisoning, CO toxicity, CO intoxication, carbon monoxide intoxication, acute CO intoxication

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Guy N Shochat, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California at San Francisco
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