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Europe needs to protect children and youths against secondhand smoke

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Hadjipanayis, A., Stiris, T., del Torso, S. et al. Europe needs to protect children and youths against secondhand smoke. Eur J Pediatr 176, 145–146 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-016-2805-8

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