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Health Implications of Occupational Exposure of Butchers to Emissions from Burning Tyres

Annals of Global Health
Volume 84 (2018): Issue 3
By: Francis O. Okonkwo,  Anoka A. Njan,  Chukwunonso E.C.C. Ejike,  Uchechukwu U. Nwodo and  Ikechukwu N.E. Onwurah  
Open Access
|Aug 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.29024/aogh.2321 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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