Air pollution and hospital admissions for the elderly in Detroit, Michigan.

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on September 01, 1994

Authors

J Schwartz1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

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