Laboratory analysis of chemical warfare agents and metabolites in biomedical samples

Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 827-835

  van der Schans, M J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374484-5.00054-7     Document Type: Chapter

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