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Comment
. 2016 Jan;73(1):1-2.
doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103132. Epub 2015 Sep 24.

Agricultural pesticide exposure and chronic kidney disease: new findings and more questions

Geoffrey M Calvert
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Agricultural pesticide exposure and chronic kidney disease: new findings and more questions

Geoffrey M Calvert. Occup Environ Med. 2016 Jan.
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