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The molecular epidemiology of occupational carcinogenesis in vinyl chloride exposed workers

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  1. Unit for Research on Hepatitis and Human Retroviruses, INSERM, Lyon, France

    M. -J. Marion

  2. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, School of Public Health, 60 Haven Avenue, B-1, 10032, New York, NY, USA

    I. De Vivo, S. Smith, J. -C. Luo & P. W. Brandt-Rauf

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Marion, M.J., De Vivo, I., Smith, S. et al. The molecular epidemiology of occupational carcinogenesis in vinyl chloride exposed workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 68, 394–398 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377858

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