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Who is exposed to smoke at home? A population-based cross-sectional survey in central Vietnam
  1. Motoi Suzuki1,
  2. Vu Dinh Thiem2,
  3. Lay-Myint Yoshida1,
  4. Dang Duc Anh2,
  5. Paul E Kilgore3,
  6. Koya Ariyoshi1
  1. 1Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  2. 2National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
  3. 3International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Vietnam
  1. Correspondence to Dr Koya Ariyoshi, Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki, Japan; kari{at}nagasaki-u.ac.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2009.032227

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