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. 1999 Aug;107(8):A392–A394. doi: 10.1289/ehp.107-1566492

Comments on "PM(2.5) mortality in long-term prospective cohort studies: cause-effect or statistical association?".

D Loomis, I Hertz-Picciotto, M O'Neill

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