How the tobacco industry responded to an influential study of the health effects of secondhand smoke
BMJPublished 12 December 2002Open access
Myeong‐Ki Hong, Lisa A Bero
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This article documents the tobacco industry's attempts to refute this study by producing a credible alternative study.
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