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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Hookah Smoking: An Emerging Public Health Problem

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Retzky, S.S. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Hookah Smoking: An Emerging Public Health Problem. J. Med. Toxicol. 13, 193–194 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-017-0617-5

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