Low-Level Effects of VX Vapor Exposure on Pupil Size and Cholinesterase Levels in Rats

Inhalation Toxicology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 91-108

  Benton, Bernard J ^a   Sommerville, Douglas R ^a   Steven Anthony, J ^a   Crosier, Ronald B ^a   Jakubowski, Edward M ^a   Whalley, Christopher E ^a   Dabisch, Paul A ^a   Hulet, Stanley W ^a   Matson, Kathy L ^b   Crouse, Charles L ^b   Mioduszewski, Robert J ^a   Thomson, Sandra A ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 85152854646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420037302-10     Document Type: Chapter

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