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Environmental Determinants

Crop burning and the prevalence of asthma and COPD emergency department treatments in a rural Arkansas county

Christine Rutlena College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0079-8369
, MD, MPHORCID Icon,
Mohammed Orloffa College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA;b Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, PhD,
Joseph Batesa College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, MD, MS &
Austin Portera College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, DrPH, MPH
Pages 293-298 | Received 24 May 2019, Accepted 17 Dec 2019, Published online: 06 Jan 2020

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