Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Carbon monoxide poisoning after hurricane Katrina--Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, August-September 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Oct 7;54(39):996-8.
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Juurlink DN, Buckley NA, Stanbrook MB, Isbister GK, Bennett M, McGuigan MA. Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jan 25;(1):CD002041.
