Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Exposure from emission products and from terrorist attacks on US targets -implications for developmental central nervous system toxicity

Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 229-243

  Hood, Darryl B ^a   Ramesh, Aramandla ^a   Aschner, Michael ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374484-5.00017-1     Document Type: Chapter

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