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Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal Volume 46, 1991 - Issue 3
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Dimethylformamide-Induced Liver Damage among Synthetic Leather Workers

Jung-Der Wang M.D., Sc.D. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Ming-Yang Lai M.D., Ph.D. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jui-San Chen M.D. Department of Clinical Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan Republic of China
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Jai-Ming Lin Ph.D. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jen-Ron Chiang M.S. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Shwu-Jen Shiau M.S. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wu-Shiu Chang M.D. Center for the Research of Environmental and Occupational Disease Graduate Institute of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Pages 161-166 | Received 19 Mar 1990, Accepted 10 Sep 1990, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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