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Consumer product safety: Risk assessment of exposure to asbestos emissions from hand-held hair dryers: Response to rebuttal of William Hallenbeck

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    Murray S. Cohn, Paul D. White & Peter W. Preuss

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Cohn, M.S., White, P.D. & Preuss, P.W. Consumer product safety: Risk assessment of exposure to asbestos emissions from hand-held hair dryers: Response to rebuttal of William Hallenbeck. Environmental Management 5, 91–93 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01867329

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