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Experiments with different antidotes in acute poisoning by different mercury compounds

Effects on survival and on distribution and excretion of mercury

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Swensson, Å., Ulfvarson, U. Experiments with different antidotes in acute poisoning by different mercury compounds. Int. Archiv für Gewerbepathologie und Gewerbehygiene 24, 12–50 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014660

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