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Research Article

Occupational exposure to anaesthetic gases and urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid

Maria Luisa Scapellato, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Isabella MacCa, Bruno Saia, Giovanni Battista Bartolucci Dipartimento di Medicina Ambientale e Sanite Pubblica, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy. e-mail: [email protected]
Pages 294-301 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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