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Respiratory health effects of passive smoking : lung cancer and other disorders.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Indoor Air Division
Other Authors: Jinot, Jennifer, Bayard, Steven P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [1992]
Subjects:
Tobacco Smoke Pollution > adverse effects.
Lung Neoplasms > etiology.
Respiratory Tract Diseases > etiology.
Risk Factors.
Lung Diseases, Obstructive > etiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Introduction
  • Estimation of environmental tobacco smoke exposure
  • Hazard identification I: lung cancer in active smokers, long-term animal bioassays, and genotoxicity studies
  • Hazard identification II: interpretation of epidemiologic studies on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer
  • Population risk of lung cancer from passive smoking
  • Passive smoking and respiratory disorders other than cancer
  • Assessment of increased risk for respiratory illnesses in children from environmental tobacco smoke.