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. 2000 Oct;108(10):989–992. doi: 10.1289/ehp.00108989

Environmental threats to the health of children: the Asian perspective.

D O Carpenter 1, F T Chew 1, T Damstra 1, L H Lam 1, P J Landrigan 1, I Makalinao 1, G L Peralta 1, W A Suk 1
PMCID: PMC1240134  PMID: 11049821

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