Air pollution and anemia as risk factors for pneumonia in Ecuadorian children: a retrospective cohort analysis.

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Published in Environ Health on November 03, 2011

Authors

Aaron M Harris1, Fernando Sempértegui, Bertha Estrella, Ximena Narváez, Juan Egas, Mark Woodin, John L Durant, Elena N Naumova, Jeffrey K Griffiths

Author Affiliations

1: Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.

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