The role of air pollution in the relationship between a heat stress index and human mortality in Toronto.

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Published in Environ Res on September 01, 2003

Authors

Daniel G C Rainham1, Karen E Smoyer-Tomic

Author Affiliations

1: McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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