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Zhu, Z., Sun, X., Zhao, F. and Meixner, F. X.: Ozone concentrations, flux and potential effect on yield during wheat growth in the Northwest-Shandong Plain of China, Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 34, 1–9, doi:10.1016/j.jes.2014.12.022, 2015.

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