Comparison of Fresh and Room-Aged Cigarette Sidestream Smoke in a Subchronic Inhalation Study on Rats
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Inhalation of sidestream cigarette smoke accelerates development of arteriosclerotic plaques.
BACKGROUND Environmental tobacco smoke has been blamed for approximately 40,000 excess deaths from heart disease annually in the United States. As yet, no pathophysiological process that could be responsible for these deaths has been identified. Environmental tobacco smoke is composed mainly of aged and diluted sidestream smoke but also contains 15% to 20% exhaled mainstream smoke. Carcinogens,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Toxicological Sciences
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1096-6080
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1997.2384