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Comment
. 2013 Aug 6;110(32):12861-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310925110. Epub 2013 Jul 11.

Air pollution and life expectancy in China and beyond

C Arden Pope 3rd  1 , Douglas W Dockery
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Air pollution and life expectancy in China and beyond

C Arden Pope 3rd et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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