Analysis of accidents in nine Iranian gas refineries: 2007-2011

R Mehrdad1, A Bolouri, A R Shakibmanesh

  • 1Department of Occupational Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. alirezashakibmanesh@yahoo.com.

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