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Hospitals and plastics. Dioxin prevention and medical waste incinerators.
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    1996 Jul-Aug

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    Public Health Rep. 111(4):298-313
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    English
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Hospitals and plastics. Dioxin prevention and medical waste incinerators.
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      To monitor the implementation of tobacco control programs and research in accordance with California's Proposition 99, approved by the voters in 1988, which increased the state's cigarette tax by 25 cents and designated one quarter of the increased r...
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