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Cancer risk assessment for the inhalation of metals from municipal solid waste incinerators impacting Chicago

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, MC 922, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, 60680, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    William H. Hallenbeck, Sheila P. Breen & Gary R. Brenniman

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Hallenbeck, W.H., Breen, S.P. & Brenniman, G.R. Cancer risk assessment for the inhalation of metals from municipal solid waste incinerators impacting Chicago. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51, 165–170 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201016

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