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. 1993 Aug;50(8):673–676. doi: 10.1136/oem.50.8.673

Mechanisms of asbestos carcinogenesis and toxicity: the amphibole hypothesis revisited.

B T Mossman
PMCID: PMC1012168  PMID: 8398854

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