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World at work: Manufacturing “Tatami” mats in China
  1. G-B Xiao1,
  2. K Morinaga2,
  3. R-Y Wang3,
  4. X Zhang4,
  5. Z-H Ma5
  1. 1Ningbo Municipal Agency for Public Health Inspection, Ningbo 315010, P R China
  2. 2Osaka Medical Center, Osaka 537-8511, Japan
  3. 3Health Bureau of Ningbo, Ningbo, 315010, P R China
  4. 4The Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310013, P R China
  5. 5Ningbo Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, P R China
  1. Correspondence to:
 Associate Professor G-B Xiao
 Ningbo Municipal Agency for Public Health Inspection, 37 Yongfeng RD, Ningbo 315010, China; xiaogbnbphi.org.cn

https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2003.011270

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