Vascular Dysfunction Even After 20 Years in Children Exposed to Passive Smoking
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Vascular dysfunction even after 20 years in children exposed to passive smoking: alarming results and need for awareness.
Smoking, either active or passive, is associated with increased cardiovascular risk with passive smoking alone reported to have a 30% to 60% higher event rate. Endothelial dysfunction, as a biomarker of atherosclerotic progression, is known to be affected by smoking. Long-term effects of childhood exposure to passive smoking on endothelial dysfunction in later life remains poorly understood but...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1079-5642,1524-4636
DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.246918