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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 6, 2009 - Issue 7
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Predicting Changes in PM Exposure Over Time at U.S. Trucking Terminals Using Structural Equation Modeling Techniques

Mary E. Davis Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, Massachusetts
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Francine Laden Harvard School of Public Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Channing Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, Massachusetts
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Jaime E. Hart Harvard School of Public Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Channing Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, Massachusetts
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Eric Garshick Harvard Medical School, Channing Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts; VA Boston Healthcare, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
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Andrew Blicharz Harvard School of Public Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Thomas J. Smith Harvard School of Public Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Pages 396-403 | Published online: 14 Apr 2009

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