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Original Article

Lung Function, Airway Reactivity, and Atopy in Newly Hired Female Cotton Textile Workers

Xiao-Rong Wang Harvard School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Boston, Massachusetts
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Lei-Da Pan First Hospital of the Shanghai Textile Bureau Shanghai China
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Hong-Xi Zhang First Hospital of the Shanghai Textile Bureau Shanghai China
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Bi-Xiong Sun First Hospital of the Shanghai Textile Bureau Shanghai China
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He-Lian Dai First Hospital of the Shanghai Textile Bureau Shanghai China
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David C. Christiani Harvard School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Boston, Massachusetts
Pages 6-13 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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