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Dye-manufacturing workers and bladder cancer in South Korea

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  1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea

    Yangho Kim

  2. Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Incheon, South Korea

    Jungsun Park

  3. Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea

    Yong Chul Shin

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Kim, Y., Park, J. & Shin, Y.C. Dye-manufacturing workers and bladder cancer in South Korea. Arch Toxicol 81, 381–384 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-006-0166-1

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