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Paracetamol overdoses drop without package size legislation

The acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdose rate in Calgary, Canada, dropped by over 40 percent in the decade to 2004, without a change to the smaller pack sizes that were credited with overdose reductions in the UK. The results published today in the online open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that young women, Aboriginals and those on social security remain at greatest risk.

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