Air pollution and infant mortality in an affluent society (the Region of Flanders, Belgium)

H. Scheers, S. M. Mwalili, C. Faes, F. Fierens, B. Nemery, T. S. Nawrot (Diepenbeek, Brussels, Belgium; Nairobi, Kenya)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Various aspects of respiratory epidemiology
Session: Various aspects of respiratory epidemiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4688

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