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Particulate air pollution and susceptibility to the development of pulmonary tuberculosis disease in North Carolina: an ecological study

Genee S. SmithUNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
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Victor J. SchoenbachUNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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David B. RichardsonUNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Marilie D. GammonUNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Pages 103-112 | Received 27 Sep 2012, Accepted 13 Mar 2013, Published online: 19 Jun 2013

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