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Five year follow-up study of the incidence of arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease in vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride production workers

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Kotseva, K. Five year follow-up study of the incidence of arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease in vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride production workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 68, 377–379 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377854

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