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Fen Gu1, Yayi He1, Yanjun Mao1

  • 11 Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

The Journal of International Medical Research
|October 12, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
Chinese patientsFagerstrom Test for Nicotine DependenceLung cancerneuron-specific enolasenicotine dependencesmoking

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