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Erika Garcia Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California. Md Mostafijur Rahman Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Associate in Environmental Health, University of Southern California. Rob Scot McConnell Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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