Occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on June 03, 2011

Authors

M Constanza Camargo1, Leslie T Stayner, Kurt Straif, Margarita Reina, Umaima Al-Alem, Paul A Demers, Philip J Landrigan

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612-4392, USA.

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