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. 2016 Jul;87(7):786-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-310750. Epub 2015 Jul 13.

Job-related formaldehyde exposure and ALS mortality in the USA

Andrea L Roberts  1 , Norman J Johnson  2 , Merit E Cudkowicz  3 , Ki-Do Eum  4 , Marc G Weisskopf  5
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Job-related formaldehyde exposure and ALS mortality in the USA

Andrea L Roberts et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: ALS.

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