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Original Articles

Critical Literature Review of Determinants and Levels of Occupational Benzene Exposure for United States Community-Based Case-Control Studies

Edwin van Wijngaarden Applied Epidemiology, Inc., Amherst, Massachusetts
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Patricia A. Stewart National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
Pages 678-693 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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