Health Effects of Low-Level Exposure to Nerve Agents

Chemical Warfare Agents: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-96

  McDonough, John H ^a   Romano, James A ^b  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420046625-10     Document Type: Chapter

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