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Assessing Risk Perceptions of E-Smoking Devices: a Cross-Sectional Consumer Survey

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    Yulia A. Strekalova PhD, MBA, Vaughan James MS & Debbie Treise PhD

  2. Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Strekalova, Y.A., Karimipour, N., James, V. et al. Assessing Risk Perceptions of E-Smoking Devices: a Cross-Sectional Consumer Survey. J Behav Health Serv Res 45, 499–505 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-018-9594-y

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