Evaluating the evidence for the relationship between passive smoking and lung cancer
Claire H. Kim
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
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Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Search for more papers by this authorMing Wu
Department of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorJin-Kou Zhao
Department of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zuo-Feng Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Zuo-Feng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 71-225 CHS, Box 951772, 650 Charles E Young Drive, South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, Tel.: 310-825-8418, Fax: 310-206-6039, E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorClaire H. Kim
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Search for more papers by this authorLina Mu
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Search for more papers by this authorMing Wu
Department of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Search for more papers by this authorJin-Kou Zhao
Department of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zuo-Feng Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Zuo-Feng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 71-225 CHS, Box 951772, 650 Charles E Young Drive, South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, Tel.: 310-825-8418, Fax: 310-206-6039, E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
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