Airway pollution and smoking in reproductive health

Gil Gutvirtz1, Eyal Sheiner1

  • 1Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Soroka University Medical Center (SUMC), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology B, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

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