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Hyperbaric Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

To Treat or Not to Treat, That is the Question

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Henry, J.A. Hyperbaric Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Toxicol Rev 24, 149–150 (2005). https://doi.org/10.2165/00139709-200524030-00002

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