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Bicycle messengers: energy expenditure and exposure to air pollution

Eva Bernmark Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christina Wiktorin Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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Magnus Svartengren Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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Marie Lewné Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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Samuel Åberg Occupational and Environmental Health, Stockholm County Council, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 1486-1495 | Published online: 20 Feb 2007

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