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Research Article

• Application of meta-analysis in reviewing occupational cohort studies. (1 December, 1996)

  O Wong, G K Raabe
• Retention of asbestos fibres in lungs of workers with asbestosis, asbestosis and lung cancer, and mesothelioma in Asbestos township. (1 December, 1996)

  A Dufresne, R Bégin, S Massé, C M Dufresne, P Loosereewanich, G Perrault
• Relation of spirometric function to radiographic interstitial fibrosis in two large workforces exposed to asbestos: an evaluation of the ILO profusion score. (1 December, 1996)

  A Miller, R Lilis, J Godbold, X Wu
• Induction of mesothelioma after intrapleural inoculation of F344 rats with silicon carbide whiskers or continuous ceramic filaments. (1 December, 1996)

  N F Johnson, F F Hahn
• Adverse health effects of PM10 particles: involvement of iron in generation of hydroxyl radical. (1 December, 1996)

  P S Gilmour, D M Brown, T G Lindsay, P H Beswick, W MacNee, K Donaldson
• Incidence of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the vicinity of nuclear sites in Scotland, 1968-93. (1 December, 1996)

  L Sharp, R J Black, E F Harkness, P A McKinney
• Industrial accidents are related to relative body weight: the Israeli CORDIS study. (1 December, 1996)

  P Froom, S Melamed, E Kristal-Boneh, D Gofer, J Ribak
• Blood lead in pregnant women in the urban slums of Lucknow, India. (1 December, 1996)

  S Awasthi, R Awasthi, V K Pande, R C Srivastav, H Frumkin
• Concentration of blood lead and ethnicity in the United Kingdom. (1 December, 1996)

  S T Kolev, I House, G Bell, D Shaw, V Murray
• Morbidity study of extruder personnel with potential exposure to brominated dioxins and furans. II. Results of clinical laboratory studies. (1 December, 1996)

  M G Ott, A Zober