Ingesting and aspirating dry cinnamon by children and adolescents: the "cinnamon challenge".

Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA.

Published: May 2013

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