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Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2005
To estimate the prevalence of tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in the home and workplace among residents of Tijuana, one of Mexico's largest cities.This cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, during 2003 and 2004.
Ana P, Martínez-Donate, Melbourne F, Hovell, C Richard, Hofstetter, Guillermo J, González-Pérez, Marc A, Adams, José de Jesús, Sánchez, Gabriela, Guzmán-Cerda   +6 more
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure among Nonsmokers in China [PDF]

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2020
China signed the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and conducted a series of activities to protect people from secondhand smoke exposure. This paper explores the changes in prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmokers between 2010 and 2015.Data from the 2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey and 2015 National Adult
Lin, Xiao, Yuan, Jiang, Jingru, Zhang, Mark, Parascandola   +3 more
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Exposure to secondhand smoke among patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study

Einstein (São Paulo), 2020
Objective To estimate the frequency of secondhand smoke exposure among patients with asthma. Methods A cross-sectional study of asthma patients and non-asthmatic controls using questionnaires to identify secondhand smoke exposure at home, school, work ...
Liranei Limoeiro Lima, Constança Margarida Sampaio Cruz, Andréia Guedes Oliva Fernandes, Gabriela Pimentel Pinheiro, Carolina de Souza-Machado, Valmar Bião Lima, Luane Marques de Mello, Álvaro Augusto Cruz   +7 more
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Hospitality Venues in Europe

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008
BACKGROUND: Although in the last few years some European countries have implemented smoking bans in hospitality venues, the levels of secondhand smoke (SHS) in this occupational sector Could still be extremely high in most countries. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study, was to assess exposure to SHS in hospitality venues in 10 European cities. METHODS: We
Lopez M., Nebot M., ALBERTINI, MARCO, Birkui P., Centrich F., Chudzikova M., Georgouli M., Gorini M., Moshammer H., Mulcahy M., Pilali M., Serrahima E., Tutka P., Fernandez E.   +13 more
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Prevalence of Portuguese Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home and in the Car

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2019
Introduction: Children’s exposure to secondhand smoke is a cause of serious health problems and infant morbidity. This is the first nationally representative study conducted in Portugal to describe the prevalence of children exposed to secondhand smoke ...
José Precioso, Vânia Rocha, Isabel Sousa, Ana Carolina Araújo, José Cunha Machado, Henedina Antunes   +5 more
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Maternal exposure to smoking and infant's wheeze and asthma: Japan Environment and Children's Study

Allergology International, 2021
Background: Evidence regarding independent effects of maternal smoking in different time frames of pregnancy and maternal exposure to secondhand smoke on the development of wheeze/asthma in her offspring is limited.
Takuya Wada, Yuichi Adachi, Shokei Murakami, Yasunori Ito, Toshiko Itazawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Kenta Matsumura, Kei Hamazaki, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh   +25 more
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Paraben Exposure in the General Taiwanese Population: Reference Values, Personal Care Products, and Cumulative Risk Assessment

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parabens (parahydroxybenzoates), which are frequently used as preservatives in pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, and personal care products, have recently attracted considerable attention due to their adverse health effects and endocrine‐disrupting properties.
Jung‐Wei Chang, Yen‐Hsuan Huang, Hsin‐Chang Chen, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Wan‐Ting Chang, Po‐Chin Huang   +5 more
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Overcrowding and exposure to secondhand smoke increase risk for COVID-19 infection among Latinx families in the greater San Francisco Bay Area

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2021
Introduction Environmental risk factors, including community level pollution burden and exposure to smoking and secondhand smoke, have not been evaluated in relation to risk for infection with COVID-19 in high risk, urban Latinx families.
Andrea DeCastro Mendez*, Milagro Escobar*, Maria Romero, Janet M. Wojcicki   +3 more
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Modeling residential exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke [PDF]

Atmospheric Environment, 2006
We apply a simulation model to explore the effect of a house's multicompartment character on a nonsmoker's inhalation exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS). The model tracks the minute-by-minute movement of people and pollutants among multiple zones of a residence and generates SHS pollutant profiles for each room in response to room-specific ...
Klepeis, Neil E, Nazaroff, William W
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Prioritizing Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Adults With Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study

Med Research, EarlyView.
This study examined the relative contributions of modifiable risk factors to cardiovascular diseases in adults with hypertension. More favorable risk factor profiles were consistently associated with lower risks across all outcomes. Beyond blood pressure, nicotine exposure showed comparatively larger population attributable fractions.
Shengtao Wei, Dashan Zheng, Lan Chen, Zitong Zhuang, Zihan Lin, Junguo Zhang, Peng Hu, Zijun Yang, Zhen‐He Huang, Bing Zhang, Hualiang Lin   +10 more
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