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THE recent publication by Channon et al.1 of a paper on the T.N.T. metabolism in the rabbit induces us to record similar investigations carried out during the past two years with rats, human volunteers and munition workers.
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LEMBERG, R., CALLAGHAN, J. Metabolism of Symmetrical Trinitrotoluene. Nature 154, 768–769 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154768a0
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