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Some Oxidative and Hydroxylative Actions of Quartz: Their Possible Relationship to the Development of Silicosis

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MARASAS, L., HARINGTON, J. Some Oxidative and Hydroxylative Actions of Quartz: Their Possible Relationship to the Development of Silicosis. Nature 188, 1173–1174 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881173a0

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