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Research Article

Pleural Mesothelioma in a Woman Whose Documented Past Exposure to Asbestos was From Smoking Asbestos-Containing Filtered Cigarettes: The Comparative Value of Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopic Analysis of Lung and Lymph-Node Tissue

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Pages 679-684 | Received 20 Mar 2006, Accepted 29 Mar 2006, Published online: 06 Oct 2008

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