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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants IIS-1540469, CMMI-1760766, and CMMI-1826455. None of the conclusions expressed here necessarily reflects views other than those of the author.

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Lindell, M.K. (2019). HAZMAT. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_147-1

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