Definitive evidence for the acute sarin poisoning diagnosis in the Tokyo subway

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 198-203

  Nagao, Masataka ^a   Takatori, Takehiko ^a   Matsuda, Yukimasa ^a   Nakajima, Makoto ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a   Iwadate, Kimiharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DERIVATIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INTOXICATION; MALE;

EID: 0031149936     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8110     Document Type: Article

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