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The Accuracy of a Lower-Cost Breath Carbon Monoxide Meter in Distinguishing Smokers from Non-smokers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2014

Philip Erb*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Bethany R. Raiff
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
Steven E. Meredith
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Jesse Dallery
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
*
Address for correspondence: Philip Erb, University of Florida, Dept. of Psychology, PO Box 112250, Gainesville, FL, 32611–2250, erb@ufl.edu

Abstract

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Copyright © The Author(s), published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd 2014 

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