Acta Med. 2003, 46: 157-161

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.26

Inhalation Apparatus for Generating Sarin and Soman Toxic Vapors

Lucie Ševelová, Josef Vachek, Jiří Bajgar

Purkyně Military Medical Academy, Department of Toxicology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received July 1, 2003
Accepted August 1, 2003

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