An assessment of the developmental toxicity of inorganic arsenic

Reproductive Toxicology - Tập 12 Số 4 - Trang 385-433 - 1998
John M. DeSesso1, CatherineF Jacobson2, AnthonyR Scialli3, CraigH Farr4, JosephF Holson5
1Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, Virginia 22102, USA.
2Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, Virginia, USA
3Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
4Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5WIL Research Laboratories, Inc., Ashland, Ohio, USA

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