Is Arsenic an Aphrodisiac?: The Sociochemistry of an Element
- ISBN-10
- 0854043632
- ISBN-13
- 9780854043637
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 412
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Author
- William R. Cullen
Description
The book covers the huge variety of ways in which the ubiquitous element arsenic and its compounds have influenced the lives of people worldwide.
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