Inhaled cellulosic and plastic fibers found in human lung tissue.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention

• Publication date

  1998-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  PMID 9610792
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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