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. 2005 Sep;62(9):657–662. doi: 10.1136/oem.2004.019190

Genetic screening and occupational and environmental exposures

P Vineis 1, H Ahsan 1, M Parker 1
PMCID: PMC1741080  PMID: 16109824

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