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A comprehensive assessment of exposures to respirable dust and silica in the taconite mining industry

Jooyeon HwangDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Gurumurthy RamachandranDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter C. RaynorDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Bruce H. AlexanderDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Jeffrey H. MandelDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pages 377-388 | Published online: 07 Apr 2017

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