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Preventive Medicine

Volume 47, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 452-453
Preventive Medicine

Letter to the Editor
Meta-analysis of the effects of smokefree laws on acute myocardial infarction: An update

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The sponsor played no role in the conduct of the research or preparation of the manuscript. The author has no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute (CA-61012).

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