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Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
Volume 12, 2000 - Issue sup1: Proceedings of the Third Colloquium on Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health: Part 1
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Airborne Coarse Particles and Mortality

Margarita CastillejosUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, México, DF, Mexico
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Victor H. Borja-AburtoCentro Nacional de Salud Ambiental, Secretaría de Salud, Metepec, Mexico
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Douglas W. DockeryDepartments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Diane R. GoldChanning Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Dana. LoomisInstituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, and School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pages 61-72 | Published online: 22 Feb 2016

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