Acute air pollution exposure and the risk of violent behavior in the United States.

@article{Berman2019AcuteAP,  title={Acute air pollution exposure and the risk of violent behavior in the United States.},  author={Jesse D. Berman and Jesse Burkhardt and Jude Bayham and Ellison Carter and Ander Wilson},  journal={Epidemiology},  year={2019},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:201117288}}
It is suggested that short-term changes in ambient air pollution may be associated with greater risk of violent behavior, regardless of community type.

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