Proportionate mortality study of US Army and US Marine Corps veterans of the Vietnam War.

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Published in J Occup Med on May 01, 1988

Authors

P Breslin1, H K Kang, Y Lee, V Burt, B M Shepard

Author Affiliations

1: VA Office of Environmental Epidemiology, Washington, DC 20006-3868.

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