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Increased Dementia Mortality in West Virginia Counties with Mountaintop Removal Mining?
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) is elevated in areas of mountaintop removal mining (MTM), a practice that has been ongoing in some counties of West Virginia (WV) USA since the 1970s. PM inhalation has been linked to central nervous system pathophysiology, including cognitive decline and dementia...
Autores principales: | Salm, A. K., Benson, Michael J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31689936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214278 |
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