Early-life exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and lower respiratory tract illness and wheezing in African infants: a longitudinal birth cohort study [PDF]
Aneesa Vanker+6 more
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Aneesa Vanker+2 more
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Association between secondhand smoke exposure and new-onset hypertension in self-reported never smokers verified by cotinine [PDF]
Background/Aims There is no study assessing the effect of changes of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and new-onset hypertension. We investigated the effect of a change of SHS exposure status on new-onset hypertension in self-reported and cotinine ...
Byung Jin Kim+2 more
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Biomarkers of Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Cognitive Function among Elderly in the United States (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: 2001-2002). [PDF]
Recent studies report a link between common environmental exposures, such as particulate matter air pollution and tobacco smoke, and decline in cognitive function.
Elizabeth A Best+4 more
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Factors associated with the incidence of ARI disease in children under five
Acute Respiratory Infections are a major health problem in children under five worldwide and the incidence of Acute Respiratory Infections in children under five can cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in countries with limited health ...
Rasi Rahagia+4 more
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Background: The household is considered as a private area that is untouched tobacco control policies in developing countries, especially in Indonesia, which has not ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty.
Al Asyary, Meita Veruswati
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Pulmonary toxicity of chronic exposure to tobacco and biomass smoke in rats
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the separate and combined effects of tobacco and biomass smoke exposure on pulmonary histopathology in rats.
Omer Tamer Dogan+5 more
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A review of progress in research of relationship between air pollution and perinatal depression
In recent years, the increasing incidence of perinatal depression has become an important public health problem. In addition to the traditional social demographic factors, biological factors, obstetric factors, etc., the association between air pollution
Mengqing SHANG, Beibei ZHU, Fangbiao TAO
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A Bottom-up method Towards the Automatic and Objective Monitoring of Smoking Behavior In-the-wild using Wrist-mounted Inertial Sensors [PDF]
The consumption of tobacco has reached global epidemic proportions and is characterized as the leading cause of death and illness. Among the different ways of consuming tobacco (e.g., smokeless, cigars), smoking cigarettes is the most widespread. In this paper, we present a two-step, bottom-up algorithm towards the automatic and objective monitoring of
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Indoor tobacco smoke pollution a major risk factor for both breast and lung cancer?
Among 51 countries, those having high mortality rates for male lung cancer generally have high rates for female breast cancer (highest in England, Scotland, and the Netherlands). Conversely, those having low rates for one disease have low rates for both (
A. Wesley Horton
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