Mechanisms of Asbestos Carcinogenesis and Toxicity: the Amphibole Hypothesis Revisited

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Journal Br J Ind Med

Specialty Occupational Medicine

Date 1993 Aug 1

PMID 8398854

Citations 9

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B T Mossman

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