This article addresses the controversial issue of whether non-smokers' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) increases their risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD). Glantz and Parmley purport to provide toxicological and epidemiologic evidence in support of their contention that non
Formation of 8-nitroguanine in tobacco cigarette smokers and in tobacco smoke-exposed Wistar rats
โ Scribed by Yih-Shou Hsieh; Bi-Chiou Chen; Song-Jui Shiow; Hsue-Chun Wang; Jeng-Dong Hsu; Chau-Jong Wang
- Book ID
- 114008865
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 140
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2797
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This article addresses the claim by Gross in this issue that estimates of coronary heart disease deaths due to environmental tobacco smoke are indefensible. Gross's interpretation of his data is questioned on statistical inference grounds. The three new studies which he introduces are discussed and
I appreciate the opportunity to respond to Professor Gross, since it seems, from his reply, that several things may not have been clear in my original rejoinder. However, before beginning, it is worth mentioning that another prospective study of CHD and ETS exposure recently appeared (Kawachi et al.