Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning and Blast in Gastric Tube: A Case Report

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  • Asad Mahmood Medical Officer, Trauma center, J.N.M.C.H., A.M.U., Aligarh, India
  • Faiz Ahmad Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, J.N.M.C.H., A.M.U., Aligarh, India
  • Jamal Azmat Assistant Professor (Medicine), A.K.T. College, AMU Aligarh., India
  • Mohd Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, J.N.M.C.H., A.M.U., Aligarh, India
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volume 8  issue 3

pages  90- 92

publication date 2019-09-01

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