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Clinical Research

Fluorine detection in the lung tissue of a worker with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and long-term occupational exposure to polytetrafluoroethylene and perfluorooctanoic acid

Kelly J. Butnora Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicinw, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeffrey Covingtona Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicinw, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA
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Douglas J. Taatjesb Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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John DeWitta Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicinw, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA
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Michele A. Von Turkovichb Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Pages 496-500 | Received 29 Sep 2020, Accepted 23 Oct 2020, Published online: 17 Nov 2020

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