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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694035903321

Titolo

The health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke : a report of the Surgeon General

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : U S Dept of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Office of the Surgeon General, 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Passive smoking - Health aspects

Tobacco smoke - Health aspects

Smoking - Health aspects

Tobacco - Physiological effect

Tobacco - Toxicology

Tobacco smoke pollution

Air Pollution

Smoke

Particulate Matter

Environmental Pollution

Complex Mixtures

Public Health

Environment and Public Health

Health Care

Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Health & Biological Sciences

Toxicology & Public Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction, summary, and conclusions -- Toxicology of secondhand smoke -- Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke -- Prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke -- Reproductive and developmental effects from exposure to secondhand smoke -- Respiratory effects in children from exposure to secondhand smoke -- Cancer among adults



from exposure to secondhand smoke -- Cardiovascular diseases from exposure to secondhand smoke -- Respiratory effects in adults from exposure to secondhand smoke -- Control of secondhand smoke exposure.