Ricin and the assassination of Georgi Markov

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2370-2371

  Papaloucas, M ^a   Papaloucas, C ^b   Stergioulas, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assassination; Biological weapons; Ricinus communis

Indexed keywords

RICIN;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BULGARIA; COMMUNISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; RICIN;

RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 57749091389     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2370.2371     Document Type: Article

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