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Generation of a submicrometre nicotine aerosol for inhalation

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  1. Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto; Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell Street, M5S 2S1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Lux, J.E., Frecker, R.C. Generation of a submicrometre nicotine aerosol for inhalation. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 26, 232–234 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442272

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