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Microbial contamination in the communal-use Lao tobacco waterpipe

BACKGROUND: The use of the Asian tobacco waterpipe (TWP) in the Lao People's Democratic Republic represents a potential communal source of infectious disease. This practice of smoking can lead to weakened defences of a smoker's respiratory epithelium, making the smoker vulnerable to respir...

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Autores principales: Sinclair, Ryan G, Somsamouth, Khamphithoun, Sahar, Demetria, Englert, Robyn, Singh, Pramil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7665567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33049758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaa078