Review ArticleClinical Review

Smoking and Asthma

Megan Stapleton, Amanda Howard-Thompson, Christa George, Robert M. Hoover and Timothy H. Self
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2011, 24 (3) 313-322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.03.100180

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