Prenatal Hair Nicotine Analysis in Homes with Multiple Smokers
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Racial differences in hair nicotine concentrations among smokers.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Clinics of North America
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0029-6465
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2011.12.001