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	<transmittal-no>BEJ201</transmittal-no>
	<doi>10.3150/09-BEJ201</doi>
	<manuscript-id>BEJ0803-006</manuscript-id>
	<received-date>
		<date day="13" month="03" yr="2008" />
	</received-date>
	<revised-date>
		<date day="21" month="11" yr="2008" />
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	<number-of-pages>25</number-of-pages>
	<title>A new method for obtaining sharp compound Poisson approximation error estimates for sums of locally dependent random variables</title>
	<running-head>Sharp compound Poisson approximation error estimates</running-head>
	<authors>
		<author correspondingAuthor="Yes">
			<first-name>Michael</first-name>
			<last-name>Boutsikas</last-name>
			<email>mbouts@unipi.gr</email>
		</author>
		<author>
			<first-name>Eutichia</first-name>
			<last-name>Vaggelatou</last-name>
			<email>evagel@math.uoa.gr</email>
		</author>
	</authors>
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