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Smoking in Women—an Underestimated Relationship?

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Huxley, R. Smoking in Women—an Underestimated Relationship?. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep 7, 409–410 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-013-0345-6

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