Kinetics of sarin (GB) following a single sublethal inhalation exposure in the guinea pig

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 667-681

  Whalley, Christopher E ^a   McGuire, Jeffrey M ^a   Miller, Dennis B ^a   Jakubowski, Edward M ^a   Mioduszewski, Robert J ^a   Thomson, Sandra A ^a   Lumley, Lucille A ^b   McDonough, John H ^b   Shih, Tsung Ming A ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GUINEA PIG; INHALATION; LC 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; GUINEA PIGS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; SARIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 34249103334     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701353296     Document Type: Article

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