An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 09, 1993

Authors

D W Dockery1, C A Pope, X Xu, J D Spengler, J H Ware, M E Fay, B G Ferris, F E Speizer

Author Affiliations

1: Environmental Epidemiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.

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