Paediatric origins of adult lung diseases bullet 4: Tobacco related lung diseases begin in childhood
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Paediatric origins of adult lung diseases
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.12.1063