Hydrogen Sulfide

Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1335-1342

  Guidotti, Tee L ^a,b  

^a School of Public Health and Health Services   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-0693-4.50096-7     Document Type: Chapter

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