Severity of calls to U.S. poison centers increases sharply for both adults, kids (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Severity of calls to U.S. poison centers increases sharply for both adults, kids

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Christopher Holstege, MD, is director of UVA Health's Blue Ridge Poison Center and chief of the Division of Medical Toxicology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

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Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications

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