Effect of passive smoking on lung function and respiratory infection
β Scribed by Athanassios Chatzimicael; Aggelos Tsalkidis; Dimitrios Cassimos; Stefanos Gardikis; Diogenis Spathopoulos; Gregorios A. Tripsianis; Katerina Kambouri; Victor Aivazis; George Vaos; Demosthenes Bouros
- Book ID
- 107598203
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5456
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