Arsenic and old weapons: Chemical weapons disposal in Russia

Nonproliferation Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 89-97

  Blackwood, Milton E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84900611370     PISSN: 10736700     EISSN: 17461766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10736709908436768     Document Type: Article

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