Activation of the autonomic nervous system and blood coagulation in association with an air pollution episode

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages 51-61

  Peters, Annette ^a   Perz, Siegfried ^a   Döring, Angela ^a   Stieber, Jutta ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^b   Wichmann, H Erich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 0001640424     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958378.2000.11463199     Document Type: Article

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