Silica exposure, silicosis, and lung cancer: a mortality study of South African gold miners.

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• Publication year

  1991

• Venue

  British Journal of Industrial Medicine

• Publication date

  1991-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1136/oem.48.1.53PMID 1847069PMCID PMC1035313
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