The bhopal accident and methyl isocyanate toxicity

Toxicology of Organophosphate & Carbamate Compounds

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-88

  Varma, Daya R ^a   Mulay, Shree ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088523-7/50008-9     Document Type: Chapter

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