Mineral Dusts: Asbestos, Silica, Coal, Manufactured Fibers

Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1073-1086

  Wagner, Gregory R ^a   Hearl, Frank J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 48249140516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-8974-6.50050-6     Document Type: Chapter

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