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. 1999 Apr;43(2):155–172. doi: 10.1017/s0025727300065066

Biomedical communication and the reaction to the Queensland childhood lead poisoning cases elsewhere in the world.

J C Burnham 1
PMCID: PMC1044730  PMID: 10885137

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