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Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
Volume 13, 2001 - Issue 10
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EFFECTS OF NONFIBROUS PARTICLES ON CERAMIC FIBER (RCF1) TOXICITY IN RATS

Bernd Bellmann, Hartwig Muhle, Otto Creutzenberg, Heinrich Ernst, Robert C. Brown, Patrick Sébastien Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Aerosol Research, Hannover, Germany
Pages 877-901 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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