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Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal Volume 45, 1990 - Issue 3
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Detection of Excess Disease near an Exposure Point: A Case Study

Jane Schulman Ph.D. California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Erneryville, California, USA; Information and Computing Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Steve Selvin Ph.D. California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Erneryville, California, USA; Information and Computing Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Gary M. Shaw Dr. P. H California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Erneryville, California, USA; Information and Computing Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Deane Merrill Ph.D. California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Erneryville, California, USA; Information and Computing Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Pages 168-174 | Accepted 08 Nov 1989, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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