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. 2016 Oct;73(10):710-1.
doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103870. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Authors' reply to letters from Egilman et al and Oliver et al

Julian Peto  1 , Clare Gilham  1 , Christine Rake  1 , Andrew Darnton  2 , John Hodgson  2 , Garry Burdett  3
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Authors' reply to letters from Egilman et al and Oliver et al

Julian Peto et al. Occup Environ Med. 2016 Oct.
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Keywords: Dose-response; Lung cancer.

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