Air pollution and daily mortality in Erfurt, east Germany, 1980-1989.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on November 01, 1993

Authors

C Spix1, J Heinrich, D Dockery, J Schwartz, G Völksch, K Schwinkowski, C Cöllen, H E Wichmann

Author Affiliations

1: Labor Safety and Environmental Medicine, University Wuppertal, Germany.

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