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. 1998 Aug;53(Suppl 2):S43–S46. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.2008.s43

Persistent respiratory effects in survivors of the Bhopal disaster

W S Beckett
PMCID: PMC1765895  PMID: 10193347

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