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Research Article

Associations between long-term exposure to air pollution, diabetes, and hypertension in metropolitan Iran: an ecologic study

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Pages 2476-2490 | Received 01 Jul 2023, Accepted 29 Aug 2023, Published online: 06 Sep 2023

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