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Video Exposure Assessments Demonstrate Excessive Laboratory Formaldehyde Exposures

Timothy J. Ryan School of Health Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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G. Edward Burroughs Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
,
Katy Taylor School of Health Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
&
Ronald J. Kovein Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
Pages 450-457 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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