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Review

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and associated occupational exposures

Charles William Jameson
Robert A. Baan, Bernard W. Stewart, Kurt Straif
, editors.
In: Tumour Site Concordance and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2019. Chapter 7.
IARC Scientific Publications.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and associated occupational exposures

Charles William Jameson.
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