Response to Briggs
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Response to Briggs
association between [chronic PM] air pollution exposure and health [mortality]." In applying these criteria, I have included experimental studies in animals and epi-demiologic studies in humans (6). Rodents exposed to high concentrations of diesel exhaust for life did not show early or increased mortality (6). The available epi-demiologic studies (3-5) showed only weak associations across a nar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.107-1566489