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Comment
. 2010 Oct;118(10):A424; author reply A424-5.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002397.

The global burden of air pollution on mortality: the need to include exposure to household biomass fuel-derived particulates

Jamie Rylance, Duncan G Fullerton, Sean Semple, Jon G Ayres
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The global burden of air pollution on mortality: the need to include exposure to household biomass fuel-derived particulates

Jamie Rylance et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct.
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