Weather impacts on respiratory infections in Athens, Greece.

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Published in Int J Biometeorol on April 05, 2006

Authors

Panagiotis T Nastos1, Andreas Matzarakis

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. nastos@geol.uoa.gr

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