Alternative hypotheses linking outdoor particulate matter with daily morbidity and mortality

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 641-662

  Valberg, Peter A ^a,b   Watson, Ann Y ^a  

^a Cambridge Environmental   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0031861050     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089583798197493     Document Type: Article

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