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TOXICOKINETICS AND EFFECTS OF FIBROUS AND NONFIBROUS PARTICLES

Günter Oberdörster Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
Pages 29-56 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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