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Health effects of outdoor air pollution

Approach to counseling patients using the Air Quality Health Index

Alan Abelsohn and Dave M. Stieb
Canadian Family Physician August 2011, 57 (8) 881-887;
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vol. 57 no. 8 881-887
PubMed 
21841106

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
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  • Published online August 12, 2011.

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  1. Alan Abelsohn, MB ChB CCFP FCFP⇓
  1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario, as well as Physician Epidemiologist in the Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch of Health Canada
  1. Correspondence: Dr Alan R. Abelsohn, 205-1466 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5R 3S3; telephone 416 483-8111; e-mail alan.abelsohn{at}utoronto.ca
  1. Dave M. Stieb, MD MSc
  1. Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and Physician Epidemiologist in the Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch of Health Canada
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