Development and validation of the TefTex electrostatic wipe for indoor dust sampling
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Theodore Konya, Juliet Ewaze, Bruce Urch, Huan Shu, Jason Curran, Mary Speck, Ryan Allen, Jeff Brook, Miriam Diamond, Greg Evans, Tim Takaro, Amanda Wheeler, James Scott Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; Air Quality Research, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada; Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Air Health Effects Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Corresponding email: [email protected]
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