Acute and Chronic Cyanide Toxicity*

Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity at Low Levels

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 301-319

  Borowitz, Joseph L ^a   Isom, Gary E ^b   Baskin, Steven I ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

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EID: 0042905165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041576-13     Document Type: Chapter

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