Assessment of Biochemical Parameters among Smokers and Tobacco Chewers to Ascertain Cardiovascular risk
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2091-0193,2091-0185
DOI: 10.3126/mjsbh.v12i1.9089