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Andrij Holian, Margaret O. Uthman, Tatiana Goltsova, Steven D. Brown, Raymond F. Hamilton, Jr., Asbestos and Silica-Induced Changes in Human Alveolar Macrophage Phenotype, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 105, Supplement 5: Particle Toxicity (Sep., 1997), pp. 1139-1142
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