Chemical warfare agents: Current status of oral reference doses

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2001, Pages 65-85

  Opresko, Dennis M ^a   Young, Robert A ^a   Watson, Annetta P ^a   Faust, Rosemarie A ^a   Talmage, Sylvia S ^a   Ross, Robert A ^a   Davidson, Kowetha A ^a   King, Joseph ^b   Hauschild, Veronique ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Army Environmental Center   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 57349085750     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0159-2_3     Document Type: Article

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