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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

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Holiday Plants with Toxic Misconceptions

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https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12572
Creative Commons 'BY-NC' version 4.0 license
Abstract

Several plants are used for their decorative effect during winter holidays. This review exploresthe toxic reputation and proposed management for exposures to several of those, namelypoinsettia ( Euphorbia pulcherrima ), English holly ( Ilex aquifolium ), American holly (Ilex opaca),bittersweet ( Solanum dulcamara ), Jerusalem cherry ( Solanum pseudocapsicum ), Americanmistletoe ( Phoradendron serotinum ), and European mistletoe ( Viscum album ). [West J Emerg Med.2012;13(6):538-542]


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