Mortality of two groups of women who manufactured gas masks from chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos: a 40-year follow-up.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of industrial medicine
دوره 39 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982