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Asbestos Body Formation in the Human Lung: Distinctions, by Type and Size

Yoshihiro Murai Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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Masanobu Kitagawa Department of Pathology Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
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Takesuke Hiraoka National Kumamoto-Minami Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
Pages 19-25 | Accepted 25 Mar 1994, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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