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. 2005 May-Jun;120(3):330–337. doi: 10.1177/003335490512000319

Standing up to the lead industry: an interview with Herbert Needleman. Interview by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz.

Herbert Needleman
PMCID: PMC1497712  PMID: 16134577

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