Toxicokinetics of Nerve Agents

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 97-122

  Van der Schans, Marcel J ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a   Whalley, Christopher E ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

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EID: 84885513595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420046625-11     Document Type: Chapter

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