The net effect of smoking on healthcare and welfare costs. A cohort study.

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Published in BMJ Open on December 11, 2012

Authors

Jari Tiihonen1, Kimmo Ronkainen, Aki Kangasharju, Jussi Kauhanen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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