Cyanide toxicity and its treatment

Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 255-270

  Bhattacharya, R ^a   Flora, S J S ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b Spherix Inc   (United States)

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