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. 1996 Jul;51(7):743–749. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.7.743

Comparison of soybean epidemic asthma and occupational asthma.

J M Antó 1, J Sunyer 1, A J Newman Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC472500  PMID: 8882084

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