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    Pierre Alain Gevenois MD, PhD (Professor of Radiology) (Professor of Radiology)

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Copley, S.J. (2006). Asbestosis. In: De Vuyst, P., Gevenois, P.A. (eds) Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30903-9_13

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