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WE have compared the performance, in a number of mental tests, of subjects breathing pure air with their performance when breathing air pumped in from a moderately busy road (average traffic flow 830 passenger carrying units/h).
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LEWIS, J., BADDELEY, A., BONHAM, K. et al. Traffic Pollution and Mental Efficiency. Nature 225, 95–97 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225095a0
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