Comparative Toxicity of Fumigants and a Phosphine Synergist Using a Novel Containment Chamber for the Safe Generation of Concentrated Phosphine Gas

Nicholas Valmas; Paul R. Ebert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000130

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Comparative Toxicity of Fumigants and a Phosphine Synergist Using a Novel Containment Chamber for the Safe Generation of Concentrated Phosphine Gas

Nicholas Valmas,

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Paul R. Ebert

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: p.ebert@uq.edu.au

Affiliations School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Comparative Toxicity of Fumigants and a Phosphine Synergist Using a Novel Containment Chamber for the Safe Generation of Concentrated Phosphine Gas

Nicholas Valmas,
Paul R. Ebert

Published: December 27, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000130

About the Authors

Nicholas Valmas

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Paul R. Ebert

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: p.ebert@uq.edu.au

Affiliations School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV PE. Performed the experiments: NV. Analyzed the data: NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PE. Wrote the paper: NV PE.

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