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Length-dependent pleural inflammation and parietal pleural responses after deposition of carbon nanotubes in the pulmonary airspaces of mice

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Pages 1157-1167 | Received 20 Apr 2012, Accepted 16 Jul 2012, Published online: 21 Aug 2012

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