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Tobacco smoking and breast cancer: a life course approach

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  1. Department of Public Health and Community Health, School of Health Professions, Athens University of Applied Sciences, Ag. Spyridonos, Egaleo, 122 10, Athens, Greece

    Areti Lagiou

  2. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 M.Asias Street, Goudi, 115 27, Athens, Greece

    Pagona Lagiou

  3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Pagona Lagiou

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Lagiou, A., Lagiou, P. Tobacco smoking and breast cancer: a life course approach. Eur J Epidemiol 32, 631–634 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0300-9

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