Mortality from Lung Cancer and Other Causes among Workers in an Asbestos Textile Factory
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Mortality from lung cancer and other causes among workers in an asbestos textile factory.
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1968
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.25.4.293