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Vehicular Traffic Effects on Survival within the Washington University–EPRI Veterans Cohort: New Estimates and Sensitivity Studies

F. W. Lipfert Consultant, , Northport, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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R. E. Wyzga Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Jack D. Baty Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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J. Miller Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Pages 949-960 | Received 11 Dec 2007, Accepted 05 Apr 2008, Published online: 06 Oct 2008

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