Physiologically Based Modeling of the Inhalation Pharmacokinetics of Ethylbenzene in B6C3F1 MiceFootnote∗

∗Drs. Tardif and Krishnan were co-recipients of a research grant from the Ethylbenzene Panel of the American Chemistry Council, in support of the work described in this publication.

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