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Spatial and temporal variability in desert dust and anthropogenic pollution in Iraq, 1997–2010

A. Alexandra ChudnovskyTel-Aviv University, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel-Aviv, Israel;Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Petros KoutrakisDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Alex KostinskiMichigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USAView further author information
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Susan P. ProctorMilitary Performance Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA;Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Eric GarshickPulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA;Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
Pages 17-26 | Received 23 Oct 2015, Accepted 05 Feb 2016, Published online: 21 Dec 2016

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