Occupational infections in the Edinburgh abattoir.
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Occupational infections in the Edinburgh abattoir.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5506.148