Assessment of the delayed neurotoxicity of tributylphosphate, tributoxyethyl phosphate, and dibutylphenyl phosphate

Journal of Clean Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Occupational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Carrington, Clark D ^a   Lapadula, Daniel M ^a   Othman, Mohamed ^a   Farr, Craig ^b   Nair, Rashmi S ^b   Johannsen, Frederick ^b   Abou Donia, Mohamed B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

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