Smoking and epidemics of respiratory infections

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, School of Population Health, Level 3 AGSM Building, University of New South Wales-Sydney, High Street, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
² Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
³ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Freddy Sitas et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;99(2):164-165.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.273052. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

¹ Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, School of Population Health, Level 3 AGSM Building, University of New South Wales-Sydney, High Street, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
² Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
³ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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