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Electrical Occupations and Neurodegenerative Disease: Analysis of U.S. Mortality Data

David A. Savitz Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Dana P. Loomis Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Chiu-Kit J. Tse Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Pages 71-74 | Received 14 Nov 1996, Accepted 31 Mar 1997, Published online: 05 Apr 2010

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