Imaging sulfur mustard lesions in basal cells and human epidermal tissues by confocal and multiphoton laser scanning microscopy

Alternative Toxicological Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 303-312

  Werrlein, Robert J ^a   Madren Whalley, Janna S ^b  

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

^b US Army SBCCOM   (United States)

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