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In response to a request from the Directorate General for Health regarding the health impacts associated with environmental exposure to asbestos, the French Institute for Public Health...

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This article is a commentary on the following study: Lipfert FW, Baty JD, Miller JP, Wyzga RE. PM2.5 constituents and related air quality variables as predictors of survival in a...