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Lung disease
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How to tackle new causes of occupational lung disease over the next
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr Kreiss has no competing interests and no
funding other than her employment. This
paper is based on an invited keynote presentation made at the June 2006 International
Congress on Occupational Health, Milan, Italy.
Occup Environ Med 2007;64:499500.
doi: 10.1136/oem.2006.029918
Correspondence to: Dr K Kreiss, Division of
Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, 1095
Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505,
USA; kkreiss@cdc.gov
Competing interests: None declared.
The findings and conclusions in this report are
those of the author and do not necessarily
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