Disease-A-Month
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , January 2011

Asbestos and Lung Diseases: Introduction and Epidemiology

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doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2010.11.003

Disease-A-Month
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , January 2011

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