Questions and commentary on the article ‘Daily changes of peak expiratory flow and respiratory symptom occurrence around a soy processing factory’
Journal Title: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 22, Issue 1
Abstract
Questions and commentary on the article ‘Daily changes of peak expiratory flow and respiratory symptom occurrence around a soy processing factory’
Authors and Affiliations
Tomasz Targowski
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