Diseases in miners and millers of crocidolite from wittenoom, western australia: A further follow-up to december 1986

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 38, Issue inhaled_particles_VII, 1994, Pages 647-655

  De Klerk, N H ^a   Musk, A W ^b   Armstrong, B K ^c   Hobbs, M S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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EID: 0001060563     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/38.inhaled_particles_VII.647     Document Type: Article

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