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Morphological Effects in Rat Lungs Exposed to Urban Roadside Air

Atsunaka Kato Energy and Environment Research Division, Japan Automobile Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Jun Kagawa Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 799-818 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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