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Letter to the Editor

Letter concerning: Occupational exposures to cosmetic talc and risk of mesothelioma: an updated pooled cohort and statistical power analysis with consideration of latency period by Gary M. Marsh et al. (Inhal Toxicol. 2019 Aug 5:1–11. doi:10.1080/08958378.2019.1645768)

Murray Martin FinkelsteinDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 429-431 | Received 22 Aug 2019, Accepted 12 Dec 2019, Published online: 24 Dec 2019

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