Preliminary assessment of a pyrotechnically generated aerosol fire suppressant

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 449-463

  Smith, Eldon A ^a,b   Kimmel, Edgar C ^a   Bowen, Larry E ^a   Reboulet, James E ^a   Carpenter, Robert L ^b  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030991948     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089583797198123     Document Type: Article

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