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Unequal Effects of Wildfire Exposure on Infant Health by Maternal Education, 1995–2020

Emily Rauscher, Xinyan Cao
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2024, 10 (1) 255-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.1.11
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aProfessor of sociology at Brown University, United States
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