Passive smoking and heart disease

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7154, 1998, Pages 344-

  Levois, Maurice E ^a   Layard, Maxwell W ^b   Lee, Peter ^c   Dempsey, Ruth ^d   Denson, K W E ^e   Law, M R ^f   Morris, J K ^f   Wald, N J ^f  

^a Environmental Health Resources   (United States)

^b Layard and Associates   (United States)

^c Surrey SM2 5DAPeter Lee acts as a consultant to the tobacco industry   (United States)

^d Philip Morris Research and Development   (Switzerland)

^e Thame Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research Foundation   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007745094     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7154.344     Document Type: Letter

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