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Sewage hardness and mortality from cancer and cardiovascular disease

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Sung, J.F.C., van Belle, G., Lee, J.A.H. et al. Sewage hardness and mortality from cancer and cardiovascular disease. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 489–495 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020991

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