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Development of Ambient Air Quality Population-Weighted Metrics for Use in Time-Series Health Studies

Diane Ivy School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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James A. Mulholland School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Armistead G. Russell School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pages 711-720 | Published online: 24 Jan 2012

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