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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71921003, 72174084, and 71761147002) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 0211-14380171).

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Yang, J., Wu, W., Liu, M. et al. Leveraging individual-level data to advance air pollution health risk management. Front. Eng. Manag. 9, 337–342 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-022-0189-1

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