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Status and determinants of individual actions to reduce health impacts of air pollution in US adults

Claudia T. K. LissåkerDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Evelyn O. TalbottDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Haidong KanDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Xiaohui XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, College Station, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 43-48 | Received 08 Feb 2012, Accepted 02 Oct 2014, Published online: 09 Dec 2015

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