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How many children get sick or die from prescription drug accidents?

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Prescription Drug Accidents

Statistics are compiled by the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Here is a report for 1998 Pediatric Exposure to Pharmaceutical Substances: http://www.aapcc.org/tessbro/emsc98ph.PDF

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