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. 1996 Jan;51(1):97–102. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.1.97

Exposure to crystalline silica and risk of lung cancer: the epidemiological evidence.

H Weill 1, J C McDonald 1
PMCID: PMC472812  PMID: 8658382

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