Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Carbamates under Physical Stress

Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity at Low Levels

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 145-189

  Somani, Satu M ^a   Husain, Kazim ^a   Jagannathan, Ramesh ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420041576-8     Document Type: Chapter

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