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Comment
. 2021 May;116(5):997-998.
doi: 10.1111/add.15374. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Cleaning up the science: the need for an ontology of consensus scientific terms in e-cigarette research

Sharon Cox  1 , Caitlin Notley  2
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Cleaning up the science: the need for an ontology of consensus scientific terms in e-cigarette research

Sharon Cox et al. Addiction. 2021 May.
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Keywords: E-cigarettes; EVALI; ontology; terminology; vape; vaping.

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