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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2014; 03(04): 191
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.142936
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More on the tobacco menace in India

P. M. Parikh
Department of Medical Oncology, Asian Institute of Oncology, KJ Somaiya Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra
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