Silicosis in a Himalayan village population role of environmental dust
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Author: al Kassimi FA al Majed SA al Hajjaj MS Hawass NE.
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Abstract: Comment on: Thorax. 1991 May;46(5):341-3. Silicosis in a Himalayan village population: role of environmental dust. al Kassimi FA, al Majed SA, al Hajjaj MS, Hawass NE. PMID: 1663278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC1021052
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