Up in smoke: The fallacy of the harmless hookah

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-738

  Chan, Andrew ^a   Murin, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOOKAH SMOKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 79953733896     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2985     Document Type: Editorial

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