Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study

@article{Clancy2002EffectOA,
  title={Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study},
  author={Luke Clancy and Patrick G Goodman and Hamish Sinclair and Douglas W. Dockery},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2002},
  volume={360},
  pages={1210-1214}
}
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