Smoking among troops deployed in combat areas and its association with combat exposure among navy personnel in Sri Lanka.

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Published in Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy on July 09, 2012

Authors

Varuni Asanka de Silva1, Nicholas Elw Jayasekera, Raveen Hanwella

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka. varunidesilva2@yahoo.co.uk

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