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BERYLLIUM AND LUNG CANCER: A REANALYSIS OF A NIOSH COHORT MORTALITY STUDY

Paul S. Levy Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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H. Daniel Roth Roth Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Peggy May T. Hwang Roth Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Timothy E. Powers Roth Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA
Pages 1003-1015 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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