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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 1, 2004 - Issue 8
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Personal Exposures to Inorganic and Organic Dust in Manual Harvest of California Citrus and Table Grapes

Kiyoung Lee Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Robert J. Lawson Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Stephen A. Olenchock National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, W. Va.
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Val Vallyathan National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, W. Va.
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Randal J. Southard Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Peter S. Thorne Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Cathy Saiki Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Marc B. Schenker Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, Calif.
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Pages 505-514 | Published online: 17 Aug 2010

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