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. 1996 Oct 12;313(7062):929–933. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7062.929

Passive smoking and health: should we believe Philip Morris's "experts"?

G D Smith 1, A N Phillips 1
PMCID: PMC2352249  PMID: 8876102

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