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Intracounter, Intralaboratory, and Interlaboratory Variation of Asbestos Counting with Phase-Contrast Microscopy

Nam-Won Paik School of Public Health, Seoul National University, 28 Yunkeun-Dong, Chongro-Ku Seoul, 110-460, Korea; School of Public Health, Occupational Health Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109–2029, USA
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Steven P. Levine School of Public Health, Occupational Health Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109–2029, USA
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M. Anthony Schork School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109–2029, USA
Pages 510-516 | Published online: 24 Feb 2011

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