Mortality of inhabitants in an area polluted by cadmium: 15 year follow up.
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Mortality of inhabitants in an area polluted by cadmium: 15 year follow up.
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.52.3.181