BRIEF REPORT Does More Accurate Exposure Prediction Improve Health Effect Estimates?
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epidemiological research. ∗To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, tel: 206-616-6846, fax: 206-543-3286, email: [email protected] †Supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency through R831697 and Assistance Agreement CR-83407101 and by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through R01-ES009411 and 5P50ES015915. ‡Supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through R01 ES017017.
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