Plant Toxins in the Tropics

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 102-119

  Larson, James L ^a   Clark, Richard F ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d California Poison Control System   (United States)

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EID: 80855138418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50015-6     Document Type: Chapter

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