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Comment
. 2020 Oct;128(10):104004.
doi: 10.1289/EHP7342. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

Quantile g-Computation: A New Method for Analyzing Mixtures of Environmental Exposures

Silke Schmidt
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Quantile g-Computation: A New Method for Analyzing Mixtures of Environmental Exposures

Silke Schmidt. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Oct.
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Environmental exposures rarely occur in isolation. But the complexity of chemical mixtures makes it difficult to estimate the effects of individual constituents. Image: © iStockphoto/Alex Potemkin.
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