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Implications of Evolving Medical Science for Proof of Lung Cancer Causation

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research
Volume 26 (2015): Issue 7 (September 2015)
By: Larry C. Frarey and  Javier Martinez  
Open Access
|Oct 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cttr-2015-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9509
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