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Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal Volume 44, 1989 - Issue 5
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Quality of Community Drinking Water and the Occurrence of Spontaneous Abortion

Dr. Ann Aschengrau Sc.D. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Dr. Sally Zierler P.H. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Amy Cohen B.A. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 283-290 | Accepted 11 Apr 1989, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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