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Open Access 01-04-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Premature deaths attributed to ambient air pollutants: let us interpret the Robins–Greenland theorem correctly

Authors: Peter Morfeld, Thomas C. Erren

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 3/2017

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Title: Premature deaths attributed to ambient air pollutants: let us interpret the Robins–Greenland theorem correctly
Authors: Peter Morfeld
Thomas C. Erren
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0865-1

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