Lesions of acute inhaled lethal ricin intoxication in rhesus monkeys

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 296-302

  Wilhelmsen, C L ^a   Pitt, M L M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotoxin; Lectin; Nonhuman primate

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

RICIN;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EDEMA; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LUNG; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RICIN;

EID: 0030147202     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589603300306     Document Type: Article

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