Revised airborne exposure limits for chemical warfare agents

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 279-287

  Decker, John A ^a   Rogers, Harvey W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Exposure limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750930601     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3137-8_31     Document Type: Article

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