Noncholinesterase mechanisms of central and peripheral neurotoxicity: Muscarinic receptors and other targets

Toxicology of Organophosphate & Carbamate Compounds

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-245

  Jett, David A ^a   Lein, Pamela J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088523-7/50018-1     Document Type: Chapter

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