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Original Articles

Estimating the hazards of less hazardous cigarettes. II. Study of cigarette yields of nicotine, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen cyanide in relation to levels of cotinine, carboxyhemoglobin, and thiocyanate in smokers

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Pages 391-403 | Received 15 May 1980, Accepted 23 Aug 1980, Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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