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Original Articles

Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of the Wood Preservative Copper Dimethyldithiocarbamate in Tissues of Long-Evans Rats

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Pages 1300-1306 | Received 20 Dec 2007, Accepted 02 Jun 2008, Published online: 06 Aug 2008

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