A rule based approach for prediction of the rabbit eye and skin irritation
โ Scribed by Pranas Japertas; Remigijus Didziapetris; Andrius Sazonovas
- Book ID
- 119379367
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 172
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4274
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