Occupational Lung Diseases among Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
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Occupational Lung Diseases among Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgenomics Drug & Biomarker Development
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2153-0769
DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000117