Battery Ingestion (cont.)
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Authors and Editors
Author: Kenneth I Steinberg, DO, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Barnabas Hospital.Coauthor(s): Beth A Longenecker, DO, Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.
Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2005
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Disk batteries are small, coin-shaped batteries used in watches, calculators, and hearing aids.

