Air pollution responsible for 600 000 premature deaths worldwide
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Premature deaths and long-term mortality effects of air pollution.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1380/c