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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019275603321

Titolo

Cigarette smoke toxicity : linking individual chemicals to human diseases / / edited by David Bernhard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2011

ISBN

9786613140876

9781283140874

128314087X

9783527635337

3527635335

9783527635344

3527635343

9783527635320

3527635327

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

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