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The average age of smoking onset in Germany – trends and correlates

✍ Scribed by Sven Schneider; Sigrid M. Mohnen; Svenja Pust


Publisher
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
135 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
1661-8556

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