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  1. Susan Burt
  1. Correspondence to Dr Susan Burt, Industrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Pkwy, Mail Stop R-15, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA; sburt{at}cdc.gov

https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2012-100712

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval Ethics approval was provided by the institutional review board of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.