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Health Effects of Waste Incineration: A Review of Epidemiologic Studies

Suh-Woan Hu Institute of Stomatology, Chung-Shan Medical and Dental College, Taichung, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Carl M. Shy Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Pages 1100-1109 | Published online: 27 Dec 2011

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