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Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal Volume 50, 1995 - Issue 2
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Air Pollution and Mortality in Elderly People: A Time-Series Study in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paulo H. N. Saldiva Laboratorio de Poluicao Atmosferica Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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C. Arden Pope III Environmental Epidemiology Program Department of Environmental Health Harvard School of Public Health Cambridge, Massachusetts and Economics Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Joel Schwartz U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., USA
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Douglas W. Dockery Environmental Epidemiology Program Department of Environmental, Health Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Ana Julia Lichtenfels Laboratorio de Poluicao Atmosferica Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Joao Marcos Salge Laboratorio de Poluicao Atmosferica Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Ivana Barone Laboratorio de Poluicao Atmosferica Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Gyorgy Miklos Bohm Laboratorio de Poluicao Atmosferica Experimental Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Pages 159-163 | Received 09 Jul 1993, Accepted 20 May 1994, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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