Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Cigarette Smoking: A Direct Comparison of Toxicant Exposure and Subjective Effects
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Waterpipe tobacco and cigarette smoking: direct comparison of toxicant exposure.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nicotine & Tobacco Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1462-2203,1469-994X
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq212