Airborne coarse particles and mortality

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 61-72

  Castillejos, Margarita ^a   Borja Aburto, Victor H ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Gold, Diane R ^a   Loomis, Dana ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

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EID: 0033953545     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0895-8378.1987.11463182     Document Type: Article

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