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Research Article

• Cancer mortality in the British rubber industry. (1 August, 1982)

  H G Parkes, C A Veys, J A Waterhouse, A Peters
• Occupational exposure and 12-year spirometric changes among Paris area workers. (1 August, 1982)

  F Kauffmann, D Drouet, J Lellouch, D Brille
• Evaluation of respiratory effects in miners and millers exposed to talc free of asbestos and silica. (1 August, 1982)

  D H Wegman, J M Peters, M G Boundy, T J Smith
• Respiratory illness caused by overheating of polyvinyl chloride. (1 August, 1982)

  B Froneberg, P L Johnson, P J Landrigan
• On the defensive action of glutamate against the cytotoxicity and fibrogenicity of quartz dust. (1 August, 1982)

  K I Morosova, G V Aronova, B A Katsnelson, B T Velichkovski, A M Genkin, L N Elnichnykh, L I Privalova
• Role of infective, immunological, and chronic irritative factors in the development of silicosis. (1 August, 1982)

  G Chiappino, E C Vigliani
• Theoretical basis of alveolar sampling. (1 August, 1982)

  G R Kelman
• Are coalminers, with low "risk factors" for ischaemic heart disease at greater risk of developing progressive massive fibrosis? (1 August, 1982)

  A L Cochrane, F Moore, C B Moncrieff
• Lung cancer mortality among residents living near the El Paso smelter. (1 August, 1982)

  W N Rom, G Varley, J L Lyon, S Shopkow
• Further follow-up study of workers from an asbestos cement factory. (1 August, 1982)

  H F Thomas, I T Benjamin, P C Elwood, P M Sweetnam
• Ethnic differences in certified sickness absence. (1 August, 1982)

  C C Baker, S J Pocock
• Occupational lead exposure of storage battery workers in Korea. (1 August, 1982)

  B K Lee
• An increase in the Na+/K+-ATPase activity of erythrocyte membranes in workers employed in a lead refining factory. (1 August, 1982)

  I Karai, K Fukumoto, S Horiguchi
• Effect of lead in vitro on water metabolism and osmotic fragility of human erythrocytes. (1 August, 1982)

  I Karai, K Fukumoto, K Kageyama, S Horiguchi
• Thermocamera studies of gases and vapours. (1 August, 1982)

  P Carlsson, B Ljungqvist, K Neikter