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Science 14 July 1972:
Vol. 177. no. 4044, pp. 171 - 173
DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4044.171
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Asbestos Contamination of Parenteral Drugs

W. J. Nicholson 1, C. J. Maggiore 1, and I. J. Selikoff 1

1 Mount Sinaí School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York 10029

Chrysotile asbestos has been found in approximately one third of the samples from two sets of 17 widely used parenteral drugs.


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