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Research Article

Air Pollution and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Sverre Vedal National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Kira Rich School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
,
Michael Brauer School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Rick White Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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John Petkau Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pages 353-362 | Published online: 19 Oct 2008

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