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Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Potential health and equity co-benefits related to the mitigation policies reducing air pollution from residential wood burning in Athens, Greece

Jennifer BaileyScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-4938View further author information
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Evangelos GerasopoulosInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece; ;Navarino Environmental Observatory, Messenia, Greece; View further author information
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David Rojas-RuedaInstituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-2484View further author information
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Tarik BenmarhniaScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; ;Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1144-1151 | Received 12 Mar 2019, Accepted 29 May 2019, Published online: 25 Jun 2019

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