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Article Contents
1 Introduction: Line emission diagnostics in H  II regions
2 Inhomogeneities: The classical filling factor or optically thick clumps?
3 Calculations using FF and clumpy models
4 Differences in the radial distributions of ionizing and recombination photons between the FF and clumpy models
5 Predictions of line strengths and ratios: Diagnostic diagrams for density bounding
6 Gas masses in H  II regions
7 Conclusions
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