Small bakeries—a cross-sectional study of respiratory symptoms, sensitization and dust exposure
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Small bakeries--a cross-sectional study of respiratory symptoms, sensitization and dust exposure.
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.4.237