Measuring prenatal secondhand smoke exposure in mother–baby couplets
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Prenatal Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Infant Birth Weight in China
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عنوان ژورنال: Nicotine & Tobacco Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1469-994X,1462-2203
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntp185