Estimation of the diesel exhaust exposures of railroad workers: I. Current exposures.

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Published in Am J Ind Med on January 01, 1988

Authors

S R Woskie1, T J Smith, S K Hammond, M B Schenker, E Garshick, F E Speizer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Environmental Science and Physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

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