International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 8 , Pages 849-854 , August 2010

Battery ingestion in children

  • Tal Marom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Holon, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, P.O. Box 5, 58100 Holon, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 5028651; fax: +972 3 502819.
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  • Abraham Goldfarb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Holon, Israel
    • ,
  • Eyal Russo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Holon, Israel
    • ,
  • Yehudah Roth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Holon, Israel
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 2 February 2010 ,Revised 11 May 2010 ,Accepted 13 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.05.019

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 74, Issue 8 , Pages 849-854 , August 2010

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