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
Megan Stapleton
PharmD
Amanda Howard-Thompson
PharmD, BCPS
Christa George
PharmD, BCPS, CDE
Robert M. Hoover
MD
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