[Electronic cigarette use among high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic]

Armando Peruga1, Cristina Martínez2, Marcela Fu3

  • 1Unidad de Control del Tabaco, Programa de Prevención y Control del Cáncer, Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), España; Centro de Epidemiología y Políticas de Salud, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Lo Barnechea, Región Metropolitana, Chile; Grupo de Investigación en Control del Tabaco, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), España; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), España.

Gaceta Sanitaria
|August 20, 2023
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