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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).  2003a.  Petitioned Public Health Assessment: Soil Pathway Evaluation – Isla de Vieques Bombing Range, Vieques, Puerto Rico .  Federal Facilities Assessment Branch, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation.  February 7.  Available at: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/isladevieques/idv_toc.html (accessed September 29, 2005.)

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