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We review the problems for determining the oxygen abundance in metal rich giant HII regions. We show that planetary nebulae could be better probes of O/H in the metal rich parts of galaxies.
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Stasińska, G. (2001). Can Giant HII Regions Serve as Abundance Indicators at High Metallicities?. In: Vílchez, J.M., Stasińska, G., Pérez, E. (eds) The Evolution of Galaxies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3313-7_40
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