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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133640003321

Titolo

Cigarette smoke toxicity [[electronic resource] ] : linking individual chemicals to human diseases / / edited by David Bernhard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14087-X

9786613140876

3-527-63533-5

3-527-63534-3

3-527-63532-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BernhardDavid

Disciplina

615.9523952

616.865071

Soggetti

Cigarette smoke - Toxicology

Tobacco use - Health aspects

Tobacco - Physiological effect

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Cigarette smoking -- pt. 2. Linking cigarette smoke chemicals to human diseases and pathophysiology -- pt. 3. Prevention and treatment of smoking-induced diseases -- pt. 4. Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

Smoking causes and contributes to a large number of human diseases, yet due to the large number of potentially hazardous compounds in cigarette smoke -- almost 5,000 chemicals have been identified, establishing the link between smoking and disease has often proved difficult. This unbiased and scientifically accurate overview of current knowledge begins with an overview of the chemical constituents in cigarette smoke, their fate in the human body, and their documented toxic effects on various cells and tissues. Recent results detailing the many ways components of cigarette smoke adversely a