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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in workers exposed to metalworking fluids

Christopher M Barber1, Clare M Burton, David J Hendrick

  • 1Centre for Workplace Health, Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|June 24, 2014
PubMed
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