Risk for lung cancer in workers exposed to benzidine and/or beta-naphthylamine: a protocol for systematic review and

Kimiko Tomioka1, Keigo Saeki, Kenji Obayashi

  • 1Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho 840, Kashihara City, Nara 634-8521, Japan. tkimiko@naramed-u.ac.jp.

Systematic Reviews
|October 5, 2014
PubMed
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