Global impact of chemical warfare agents used before and after 1945

Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-24

  Bajgar, Jiri ^a   Fusek, Josef ^a   Kassa, Jiri ^a   Kuca, Kamil ^a,b   Jun, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84884803679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374484-5.00003-1     Document Type: Chapter

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