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Reactive airway dysfunction syndrome due to sodium azide inhalation

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Weiss, J.S. Reactive airway dysfunction syndrome due to sodium azide inhalation. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 68, 469–471 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00377871

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