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. 2001 Jan 1;92(1):46–47. doi: 10.1007/BF03404843

Mothers’ Efforts to Protect Their Infants from Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Pamela A Ratner 111,, Joy L Johnson 211, Joan L Bottorff 311
PMCID: PMC6979860  PMID: 11257990

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Sources of support: The authors acknowledge the support received from the British Columbia Medical Services Foundation, the National Health Research and Development Program, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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