Respiratory Effects of Household Exposures to Tobacco Smoke and Gas Cooking
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Respiratory health effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
Tobacco smoke is a major component of indoor air pollution. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is prevalent worldwide despite growing awareness of its adverse health effects on non-smokers. ETS contains the same toxic substances as identified in mainstream tobacco smoke. Cotinine (a metabolite of nicotine) can be measured in urine and serum of non-smokers exposed to ETS and reflects ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn269