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Antidote for sodium hyposulfite and potassium cyanide

M De la FUENTE TAMAYO

    La Cronica Medica
    |October 29, 2010
    PubMed
    Abstract

    No abstract available in PubMed .

    Keywords:
    CYANIDES/toxicity

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