Lung cancer and urban air-pollution in Dublin: a temporal association?

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Published in Ir Med J on February 01, 2007

Authors

Z Kabir1, K Bennett, L Clancy

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard School of Public Health Division of Public Health Practice 401 Park Drive Landmark Center, 3rd Floor (East) Boston, MA 02215, USA. zkabir@hsph.harvard.edu

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