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    "Department of Health Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Türkiye",
    "Food Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Türkiye",
    "TOBB Vocational School of Technical Sciences, University of Karabük, Karabük, Türkiye",
    "Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Karabük, Karabük, Türkiye",
    "Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Türkiye",
    "Department of Statistics, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Türkiye"
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  "title": "Health risk assessment and geochemical characterisation of trace elements in street dust: a case study from a quarry-influenced urban area of Istanbul",
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