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to community ehvirojim ent. He n o te d ie x c e ss lung cancer in t a lc
workers In th e, Gouvfernur, New Y o rk :.d istric t o f tr e m o lite t a l c . ; |
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c o n c l ! ^ ! ' ^ k v ^ ! ^ 0688^ am ounts used.-; H e-rioted Ia n W e b ste r1s h a rm fu l10nS,r *? f i b e r s m ust, be a t . l e a s t ' S- m ic ro n s lo n g t o b & : ' .
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th an ' one-fhalf {of-' i n je c t a b l e d ru g s in a su rv ey a t th e Mt. S in a i 'H ospital^PH artnacyf ;dontned. a s b f e s to s 'U r i- f o u n ts 'up*.to 1 m icro-;
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s ity separation in C entrifuge. A ll. fib ro u s c o n stitu e n ts w ee
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J ; a c o m p le te e p id e ra ia lo g Leal s tu d y o f th e lworke>rs m in in g and
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R eported on k t .' S in a i ,< lx p l|rato ry work tow ards th e developm ent o f in s tru m e n ta tio n f o r C o m p letely c h a r a c te r iz in g many and a l l ' fib ers-h n d p ftrtic le s ,'iri a-sam ple by*shape, s iz e , chem ical a n a l y s i s , 'e ^ c . ' He i n d i c a t e d th e need f o r a p p ro x im a te ly 5300,000 a n d -2 -tfe. 3. y e a r s f o r , d e s ig n and c o n s t r u c t i o n of,' a p r o to ty p e u n i t . .
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