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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