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Baking Soda Can Settle the Stomach but Upset the Heart: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco

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Al-Abri, S.A., Olson, K.R. Baking Soda Can Settle the Stomach but Upset the Heart: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. J. Med. Toxicol. 9, 255–258 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-013-0300-4

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