Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and asthma
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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and adult asthma.
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متن کاملEnvironmental tobacco smoke exposure and asthma in adults.
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) contaminates indoor air in homes and workplaces. Although the adverse effects of active cigarette smoking on the respiratory tract have been extensively characterized, the effects of ETS exposure on adult asthma have not yet been investigated extensively and the available data are limited. This article examines the evidence for ETS exposure as a cause of asthma...
متن کاملMeasurement of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among adults with asthma.
Because the morbidity and mortality from adult asthma have been increasing, the identification of modifiable environmental exposures that exacerbate asthma has become a priority. Limited evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may adversely affect adults with asthma. To study the effects of ETS better, we developed a survey instrument to measure ETS exposure in a co...
متن کاملDouble exposure. Environmental tobacco smoke.
One study after another is finding strong associations between a variety of human illness and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). A 1986 report by the U.S. Surgeon General concluded that ETS is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. Other reports have documented causal associations between ETS and lower respiratory tract infections, middle ear disease and e...
متن کامل[Nicotine addiction and environmental tobacco smoke exposure].
In present study it was aimed to determine the general characteristics of cases who cause environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure. One hundred and forty five cases (53/92, F/M) who admitted to smoking cessation clinic were asked about general demographic characteristics, the history of ETS exposure in childhood and whether they cause of ETS exposure or not. Also Fagernström test for nicotine...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Shortness of Breath
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2281-6550
DOI: 10.11138/sob/2014.3.3.108