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  1. Unidad de Cirugia Cardiovascular de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala

    Joaquin Barnoya

  2. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Joaquin Barnoya

  3. American Cancer Society, Washington, DC, USA

    Thomas Glynn

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Barnoya, J., Glynn, T. Reducing global health inequities through tobacco control. Cancer Causes Control 23 (Suppl 1), 7–9 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-012-9915-z

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