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Methods, Models, and Risk Assessment

Evaluation of Particle Clearance and Retention Kinetics in the Lungs of U.S. Coal Miners

Eileen D. KuempelNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Evaluation Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Chi-Lang TranInstitute for Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Ellen J. O’FlahertyDepartment of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Leslie T. StaynerNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Evaluation Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Randall J. SmithNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Evaluation Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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David A. DankovicNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Evaluation Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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John A. BailerNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Evaluation Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA;Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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Pages 397-402 | Published online: 14 Sep 2015

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