Prevention – Passive smoking and pregnancy
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1359-6349/$ see front matter Copyright 2013 ECCO the European CanCer Organisation. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcsup.2013.07.003 * Corresponding author. Address: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan building D, 3590 Di Belgium (T.S. Nawrot). Tel.: +32 11 268382; fax: +32 11 268299. E-mail address: [email protected] (T.S. Nawrot). Tim S. Nawrot *, Bianca Cox, Bram G. Janssen, Michelle Plusquin
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دوره 11 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013