Casarett & Doull's Toxicology The Basic Science of Poisons
- 7th Edition
- London McGraw Hill Professional 2007
- 1280 pages
Contents:
Unit 2 Disposition of Toxicants 129
Unit 3 NonOrganDirected Toxicity 327
Unit 4 Target Organ Toxicity 453
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