Acute and delayed sulfur mustard toxicity; novel mechanisms and future studies

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-26

  Korkmaz, Ahmet ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^b   Reiter, Russel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

acute toxicity; delayed toxicity; epigenetic aberrations; melatonin; sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149131006     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-010-0027-x     Document Type: Article

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