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Renal echotextural changes in Nigerian workers chronically exposed to petroleum-based liquid fuels

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|Mar 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0004 | Journal eISSN: 2451-070X | Journal ISSN: 2084-8404
Language: English
Page range: 18 - 23
Submitted on: Jan 9, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 9, 2020
Published on: Mar 31, 2020
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