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Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
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Research Article

EGFR upregulates inflammatory and proliferative responses in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549), induced by lower dose of cadmium chloride

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Pages 339-348 | Received 06 Oct 2010, Accepted 14 Mar 2011, Published online: 24 May 2011

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