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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017
I introduce a new model of OH maser pumping in star-forming regions, based on exact radiation transfer models of the interface between an expanding ucHII region and undisturbed molecular material. The model incorporates the most recent set of rate-coefficients for collisions of OH with molecular hydrogen, and an improved model of continuum emission from dust. FIR line overlap is incorporated into the model in a manner which avoids the inconsistencies associated with the Sobolev approximation.