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The risk of coronary heart disease in non-smokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke revisited: response to Ellison and Morrison and to Brown

✍ Scribed by Alan J. Gross

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 88 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 1180-4009
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-095x(199803/04)9:2<223::aid-env299>3.0.co;2-w

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✦ Synopsis

This response is in two parts. First, the critique of Ellison and Morrison (1998) is addressed. This is followed, then, by addressing Brown's (1998) criticisms. While I am appreciative of the eorts put forth in these rejoinders to Gross (1998), I cannot, in any good

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