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

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9523952; 616.865071
• Soggetto topico: Cigarette smoke - Toxicology; Tobacco use - Health aspects; Tobacco - Physiological effect
• Altri autori: BernhardDavid
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cigarette smoke toxicity
• ISBN: 1-283-14087-X; 9786613140876; 3-527-63533-5; 3-527-63534-3; 3-527-63532-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910841502403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II