Mortality from occupational exposure to relatively pure chrysotile: a 39-year study.

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Published in Respiration on October 09, 2008

Authors

L Sichletidis1, D Chloros, D Spyratos, A-B Haidich, I Fourkiotou, M Kakoura, D Patakas

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory for the Study of Environmental Diseases, Pulmonary Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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