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. 1999 May;107(5):A234–A236. doi: 10.1289/ehp.107-1566415

Comments on "PM2.5 and mortality in long-term prospective cohort studies: cause-effect or statistical associations?".

N Künzli, I B Tager
PMCID: PMC1566415  PMID: 10428597

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