Epidemiology of smoking in Latin America: the PLATINO study

A. Menezes, P. Hallal, R. Perez-Padilla, M. Lopez, A. Muino, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, M. Oca, C. Talamo (Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Caracas, Venezuela)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Epidemiology of smoking among children and adolescents
Session: Epidemiology of smoking among children and adolescents
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3868
Disease area: Airway diseases

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