Dermal toxicity of paraquat

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Luty, Sabina ^a   Latuszyńska, Jadwiga ^a   Halliop, Janina ^a   Tochman, Alina ^a   Obuchowska, Daniela ^a   Korczak, Barbara ^a   Przylepa, Ewa ^a   Bychawski, Edmund ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dermal toxicity; Histopathology; Neutrophile activity; Paraquat; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000433707     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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