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Jonathan Ian Levy, Sc.D.

TitleAdjunct Professor of Environmental Health
InstitutionHarvard School of Public Health
DepartmentEH - Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program
AddressHarvard School of Public Health
Landmark Ctr, Rm 404K
401 Park Dr
Boston MA 02215
Phone617/638-4663

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  1. Hsu HH, Adamkiewicz G, Houseman EA, Zarubiak D, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Contributions of aircraft arrivals and departures to ultrafine particle counts near Los Angeles International Airport. Sci Total Environ. 2013 Feb 1; 444:347-55.
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  2. Fabian MP, Stout NK, Adamkiewicz G, Geggel A, Ren C, Sandel M, Levy JI. The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: a discrete event simulation model. Environ Health. 2012; 11:66.
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  3. Diez DM, Dominici F, Zarubiak D, Levy JI. Statistical approaches for identifying air pollutant mixtures associated with aircraft departures at Los Angeles International Airport. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Aug 7; 46(15):8229-35.
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  4. Wason SC, Smith TJ, Perry MJ, Levy JI. Using physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models to incorporate chemical and non-chemical stressors into cumulative risk assessment: a case study of pesticide exposures. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 May; 9(5):1971-83.
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  5. Levy JI, Diez D, Dou Y, Barr CD, Dominici F. A meta-analysis and multisite time-series analysis of the differential toxicity of major fine particulate matter constituents. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 1; 175(11):1091-9.
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  6. Barrett SR, Yim SH, Gilmore CK, Murray LT, Kuhn SR, Tai AP, Yantosca RM, Byun DW, Ngan F, Li X, Levy JI, Ashok A, Koo J, Wong HM, Dessens O, Balasubramanian S, Fleming GG, Pearlson MN, Wollersheim C, Malina R, Arunachalam S, Binkowski FS, Leibensperger EM, Jacob DJ, Hileman JI, Waitz IA. Public health, climate, and economic impacts of desulfurizing jet fuel. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Apr 17; 46(8):4275-82.
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  7. Zhu Y, Smith TJ, Davis ME, Levy JI, Herrick R, Jiang H. Comparing gravimetric and real-time sampling of PM(2.5) concentrations inside truck cabins. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Nov; 8(11):662-72.
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  8. Chahine T, Schultz BD, Zartarian VG, Xue J, Subramanian SV, Levy JI. Modeling joint exposures and health outcomes for cumulative risk assessment: the case of radon and smoking. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 Sep; 8(9):3688-711.
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  9. Adamkiewicz G, Zota AR, Fabian MP, Chahine T, Julien R, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Moving environmental justice indoors: understanding structural influences on residential exposure patterns in low-income communities. Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec; 101 Suppl 1:S238-45.
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  10. Levy JI, Woody M, Baek BH, Shankar U, Arunachalam S. Current and future particulate-matter-related mortality risks in the United States from aviation emissions during landing and takeoff. Risk Anal. 2012 Feb; 32(2):237-49.
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  11. Robinson LA, Levy JI. The [r]evolving relationship between risk assessment and risk management. Risk Anal. 2011 Sep; 31(9):1334-44.
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  12. Fann N, Roman HA, Fulcher CM, Gentile MA, Hubbell BJ, Wesson K, Levy JI. Maximizing health benefits and minimizing inequality: incorporating local-scale data in the design and evaluation of air quality policies. Risk Anal. 2011 Jun; 31(6):908-22.
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  13. Chahine T, Schultz B, Zartarian V, Subramanian SV, Spengler J, Hammitt J, Levy JI. Modeling geographic and demographic variability in residential concentrations of environmental tobacco smoke using national data sets. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2011 Nov-Dec; 21(6):646-55.
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  14. Zwack LM, Paciorek CJ, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Modeling spatial patterns of traffic-related air pollutants in complex urban terrain. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jun; 119(6):852-9.
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  15. Levy JI, Hanna SR. Spatial and temporal variability in urban fine particulate matter concentrations. Environ Pollut. 2011 Aug-Sep; 159(8-9):2009-15.
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  16. Levy JI, Clougherty JE, Baxter LK, Houseman EA, Paciorek CJ. Evaluating heterogeneity in indoor and outdoor air pollution using land-use regression and constrained factor analysis. Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2010 Dec; (152):5-80; discussion 81-91.
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  17. Adamkiewicz G, Hsu HH, Vallarino J, Melly SJ, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Nitrogen dioxide concentrations in neighborhoods adjacent to a commercial airport: a land use regression modeling study. Environ Health. 2010; 9:73.
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  18. Levy JI, Buonocore JJ, von Stackelberg K. Evaluation of the public health impacts of traffic congestion: a health risk assessment. Environ Health. 2010; 9:65.
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  19. Abt E, Rodricks JV, Levy JI, Zeise L, Burke TA. Science and decisions: advancing risk assessment. Risk Anal. 2010 Jul; 30(7):1028-36.
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  20. Zhou Y, Fu JS, Zhuang G, Levy JI. Risk-based prioritization among air pollution control strategies in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep; 118(9):1204-10.
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  21. Buonocore JJ, Lee HJ, Levy JI. The influence of traffic on air quality in an urban neighborhood: a community-university partnership. Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov; 99 Suppl 3:S629-35.
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  22. Zhou Y, Levy JI. Between-airport heterogeneity in air toxics emissions associated with individual cancer risk thresholds and population risks. Environ Health. 2009; 8:22.
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  23. Levy JI, Baxter LK, Schwartz J. Uncertainty and variability in health-related damages from coal-fired power plants in the United States. Risk Anal. 2009 Jul; 29(7):1000-14.
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  24. Macintosh DL, Minegishi T, Kaufman M, Baker BJ, Allen JG, Levy JI, Myatt TA. The benefits of whole-house in-duct air cleaning in reducing exposures to fine particulate matter of outdoor origin: a modeling analysis. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Mar; 20(2):213-24.
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  25. Dodson RE, Levy JI, Houseman EA, Spengler JD, Bennett DH. Evaluating methods for predicting indoor residential volatile organic compound concentration distributions. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009 Nov; 19(7):682-93.
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  26. Baxter LK, Wright RJ, Paciorek CJ, Laden F, Suh HH, Levy JI. Effects of exposure measurement error in the analysis of health effects from traffic-related air pollution. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Jan; 20(1):101-11.
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  27. Clougherty JE, Kubzansky LD, Spengler JD, Levy JI. Ancillary benefits for caregivers of children with asthma participating in an environmental intervention study to alleviate asthma symptoms. J Urban Health. 2009 Mar; 86(2):214-29.
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  28. Loh MM, Houseman EA, Levy JI, Spengler JD, Bennett DH. Contribution to volatile organic compound exposures from time spent in stores and restaurants and bars. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009 Nov; 19(7):660-73.
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  29. Wright RJ, Suglia SF, Levy J, Fortun K, Shields A, Subramanian S, Wright R. Transdisciplinary research strategies for understanding socially patterned disease: the Asthma Coalition on Community, Environment, and Social Stress (ACCESS) project as a case study. Cien Saude Colet. 2008 Nov-Dec; 13(6):1729-42.
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  30. Julien R, Levy JI, Adamkiewicz G, Hauser R, Spengler JD, Canales RA, Hynes HP. Pesticides in urban multiunit dwellings: hazard identification using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2008 Oct; 58(10):1297-302.
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  31. Levy JI, Greco SL, Melly SJ, Mukhi N. Evaluating efficiency-equality tradeoffs for mobile source control strategies in an urban area. Risk Anal. 2009 Jan; 29(1):34-47.
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  32. Levy JI. Is epidemiology the key to cumulative risk assessment? Risk Anal. 2008 Dec; 28(6):1507-13.
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  33. Clougherty JE, Wright RJ, Baxter LK, Levy JI. Land use regression modeling of intra-urban residential variability in multiple traffic-related air pollutants. Environ Health. 2008; 7:17.
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  34. Dodson RE, Houseman EA, Levy JI, Spengler JD, Shine JP, Bennett DH. Measured and modeled personal exposures to and risks from volatile organic compounds. Environ Sci Technol. 2007 Dec 15; 41(24):8498-505.
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  35. Greco SL, Wilson AM, Hanna SR, Levy JI. Factors influencing mobile source particulate matter emissions-to-exposure relationships in the Boston urban area. Environ Sci Technol. 2007 Nov 15; 41(22):7675-82.
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  36. Loh MM, Levy JI, Spengler JD, Houseman EA, Bennett DH. Ranking cancer risks of organic hazardous air pollutants in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Aug; 115(8):1160-8.
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  37. Clougherty JE, Levy JI, Kubzansky LD, Ryan PB, Suglia SF, Canner MJ, Wright RJ. Synergistic effects of traffic-related air pollution and exposure to violence on urban asthma etiology. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Aug; 115(8):1140-6.
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  38. Peters JL, Levy JI, Muilenberg ML, Coull BA, Spengler JD. Efficacy of integrated pest management in reducing cockroach allergen concentrations in urban public housing. J Asthma. 2007 Jul-Aug; 44(6):455-60.
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  39. Brugge D, Rioux C, Groover T, Peters J, Kosheleva A, Levy JI. Dust mites: using data from an intervention study to suggest future research needs and directions. Rev Environ Health. 2007 Jul-Sep; 22(3):245-54.
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  40. Zhou Y, Levy JI. Factors influencing the spatial extent of mobile source air pollution impacts: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2007; 7:89.
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  41. Julien R, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI, Bennett D, Nishioka M, Spengler JD. Pesticide loadings of select organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides in urban public housing. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2008 Mar; 18(2):167-74.
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  42. Peters JL, Levy JI, Rogers CA, Burge HA, Spengler JD. Determinants of allergen concentrations in apartments of asthmatic children living in public housing. J Urban Health. 2007 Mar; 84(2):185-97.
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  43. Levy JI, Wilson AM, Zwack LM. Quantifying the efficiency and equity implications of power plant air pollution control strategies in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 May; 115(5):743-50.
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  44. Loh MM, Houseman EA, Gray GM, Levy JI, Spengler JD, Bennett DH. Measured concentrations of VOCs in several non-residential microenvironments in the United States. Environ Sci Technol. 2006 Nov 15; 40(22):6903-11.
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  45. Freeman ER, Brugge D, Bennett-Bradley WM, Levy JI, Carrasco ER. Challenges of conducting community-based participatory research in Boston's neighborhoods to reduce disparities in asthma. J Urban Health. 2006 Nov; 83(6):1013-21.
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  46. Baxter LK, Clougherty JE, Laden F, Levy JI. Predictors of concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, fine particulate matter, and particle constituents inside of lower socioeconomic status urban homes. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2007 Aug; 17(5):433-44.
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  47. Choi AL, Levy JI, Dockery DW, Ryan LM, Tolbert PE, Altshul LM, Korrick SA. Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure? Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Jul; 114(7):1092-8.
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  48. Ostro BD, Tran H, Levy JI. The health benefits of reduced tropospheric ozone in California. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2006 Jul; 56(7):1007-21.
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  49. Levy JI, Brugge D, Peters JL, Clougherty JE, Saddler SS. A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Oct; 63(8):2191-203.
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  50. Clougherty JE, Levy JI, Hynes HP, Spengler JD. A longitudinal analysis of the efficacy of environmental interventions on asthma-related quality of life and symptoms among children in urban public housing. J Asthma. 2006 Jun-Jul; 43(5):335-43.
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  51. Levy JI, Baxter LK, Clougherty JE. The air quality impacts of road closures associated with the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Environ Health. 2006; 5:16.
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  52. Levy JI, Chemerynski SM, Tuchmann JL. Incorporating concepts of inequality and inequity into health benefits analysis. Int J Equity Health. 2006; 5:2.
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  53. Zota A, Adamkiewicz G, Levy JI, Spengler JD. Ventilation in public housing: implications for indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Indoor Air. 2005 Dec; 15(6):393-401.
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  54. Zhou Y, Levy JI, Evans JS, Hammitt JK. The influence of geographic location on population exposure to emissions from power plants throughout China. Environ Int. 2006 Apr; 32(3):365-73.
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  55. Levy JI, Chemerynski SM, Sarnat JA. Ozone exposure and mortality: an empiric bayes metaregression analysis. Epidemiology. 2005 Jul; 16(4):458-68.
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  56. Dominici F, Levy JI, Louis TA. Methodological challenges and contributions in disaster epidemiology. Epidemiol Rev. 2005; 27:9-12.
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  57. Levy JI, Welker-Hood LK, Clougherty JE, Dodson RE, Steinbach S, Hynes HP. Lung function, asthma symptoms, and quality of life for children in public housing in Boston: a case-series analysis. Environ Health. 2004; 3(1):13.
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  58. Levy JI, Wilson AM, Evans JS, Spengler JD. Estimation of primary and secondary particulate matter intake fractions for power plants in Georgia. Environ Sci Technol. 2003 Dec 15; 37(24):5528-36.
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  59. O'Neill MS, Jerrett M, Kawachi I, Levy JI, Cohen AJ, Gouveia N, Wilkinson P, Fletcher T, Cifuentes L, Schwartz J. Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Dec; 111(16):1861-70.
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  60. Levy JI, Bennett DH, Melly SJ, Spengler JD. Influence of traffic patterns on particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in Roxbury, Massachusetts. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2003 Sep; 13(5):364-71.
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  61. Levy JI. Issues and uncertainties in estimating the health benefits of air pollution control. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2003 Aug 22-Oct 10; 66(16-19):1865-71.
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  62. Cohen JT, Hammitt JK, Levy JI. Fuels for urban transit buses: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Environ Sci Technol. 2003 Apr 15; 37(8):1477-84.
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  63. Levy JI, Nishioka Y, Spengler JD. The public health benefits of insulation retrofits in existing housing in the United States. Environ Health. 2003 Apr 11; 2(1):4.
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  64. Levy JI, Greco SL, Spengler JD. The importance of population susceptibility for air pollution risk assessment: a case study of power plants near Washington, DC. Environ Health Perspect. 2002 Dec; 110(12):1253-60.
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  65. Evans JS, Wolff SK, Phonboon K, Levy JI, Smith KR. Exposure efficiency: an idea whose time has come? Chemosphere. 2002 Dec; 49(9):1075-91.
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  66. Levy JL, Wolff SK, Evans JS. A regression-based approach for estimating primary and secondary particulate matter intake fractions. Risk Anal. 2002 Oct; 22(5):895-904.
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  67. Nishioka Y, Levy JI, Norris GA, Wilson A, Hofstetter P, Spengler JD. Integrating risk assessment and life cycle assessment: a case study of insulation. Risk Anal. 2002 Oct; 22(5):1003-17.
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  68. Levy JI, Dumyahn T, Spengler JD. Particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in indoor and outdoor microenvironments in Boston, Massachusetts. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2002 Mar; 12(2):104-14.
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  69. Levy JI, Spengler JD. Modeling the benefits of power plant emission controls in Massachusetts. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2002 Jan; 52(1):5-18.
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  70. Levy JI, Carrothers TJ, Tuomisto JT, Hammitt JK, Evans JS. Assessing the public health benefits of reduced ozone concentrations. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 Dec; 109(12):1215-26.
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  71. Levy JI, Houseman EA, Spengler JD, Loh P, Ryan L. Fine particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentration patterns in Roxbury, Massachusetts: a community-based GIS analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 Apr; 109(4):341-7.
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  72. Levy JI, Houseman EA, Ryan L, Richardson D, Spengler JD. Particle concentrations in urban microenvironments. Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Nov; 108(11):1051-7.
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  73. Levy JI, Hammitt JK, Spengler JD. Estimating the mortality impacts of particulate matter: what can be learned from between-study variability? Environ Health Perspect. 2000 Feb; 108(2):109-17.
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  74. Hammitt JK, Belsky ES, Levy JI, Graham JD. Residential building codes, affordability, and health protection: a risk-tradeoff approach. Risk Anal. 1999 Dec; 19(6):1037-58.
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  75. Segui-Gomez M, Levy J, Roman H, Thompson KM, McCabe K, Graham JD. Driver distance from the steering wheel: perception and objective measurement. Am J Public Health. 1999 Jul; 89(7):1109-11.
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  76. Levy JI, Nishioka Y, Gilbert K, Cheng CH, Burge HA. Variabilities in aerosolizing activities and airborne fungal concentrations in a bakery. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1999 May-Jun; 60(3):317-25.
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  77. Levy JI, Hammitt JK, Yanagisawa Y, Spengler JD. Environmental Science and Technology. Development of a new damage function model for power plants: Methodology and applications. 1999; 33:4364-4372.
  78. Levy JI, Lee K, Yanagisawa Y, Hutchinson P, Spengler JD. Determinants of nitrogen dioxide concentrations in indoor ice skating rinks. Am J Public Health. 1998 Dec; 88(12):1781-6.
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  79. Lee K, Levy JI, Yanagisawa Y, Spengler JD, Billick IH. The Boston residential nitrogen dioxide characterization study: classification and prediction of indoor NO2 exposure. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 1998 Aug; 48(8):736-42.
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  80. Levy JI, Lee K, Spengler JD, Yanagisawa Y. Impact of residential nitrogen dioxide exposure on personal exposure: an international study. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 1998 Jun; 48(6):553-60.
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