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Inhaling smoke causes smoke inhalation: put that in your hookah pipeǃ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2015

Marco L.A. Sivilotti*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Riyad B. Abu-Laban
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON K7L 2V7; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Editorial/Commentary • Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2012

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