Air pollution, pollens, and admissions for chronic respiratory disease in king county, washington

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 157-171

  Moolgavkar, Suresh H ^a   Hazelton, William ^a,b   Luebeck, Georg ^a,b   Levy, Drew ^a,b   Sheppard, Lianne ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0033953478     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089583700196473     Document Type: Article

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