Occupational Risk Factors and Asthma among Health Care Professionals
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Occupational risk factors and asthma among health care professionals.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200609-1331oc