Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Isobutyl Nitrite in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1Mice (Inhalation Studies)

NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies Series

Volumn TR-448, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-302

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