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Achieving Both Efficiency and Fairness in Risk-Based Cross-State Air Pollution Controls 在基于风险的跨州空气污染控制中实现效率与公平

EngRN: Civil & Environmental Engineering Pub Date : 2019-09-27 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3460372

Jinhyok Heo

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Review Paper on Noise Control in Industry 工业噪音管制研究综述

EngRN: Civil & Environmental Engineering Pub Date : 2019-04-08 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3368199

P. Bamane, M. Kumthekar, Omkar Sharma

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