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. 1996 Aug;51(Suppl 2):S9–15. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.suppl_2.s9

Asbestos exposure, asbestosis, and asbestos-attributable lung cancer.

R N Jones 1, J M Hughes 1, H Weill 1
PMCID: PMC1090700  PMID: 8869346

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