Atherosclerosis
Volume 210, Issue 2 , Pages 370-371 , June 2010

Cigarette smoking and beneficial effect on cardiometabolic risk: A reply

  • Altan Onat

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Received 28 December 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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PII: S0021-9150(10)00011-0

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.12.039

Atherosclerosis
Volume 210, Issue 2 , Pages 370-371 , June 2010

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