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Secondhand Smoke Effects - Cancer

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      new window The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke  [Recommended]   Description: Paper in the British Medical Journal. (bmj.bmjjournals.com)
new window Environmental Tobacco Smoke Description: Cancer Facts from the National Cancer Institute. Summary and bibliography on effects of secondhand smoke. Additional publications you can send for. (meb.uni-bonn.de)
new window Exposure to Spouse's Smoking Causes Lung Cancer Description: Long term smokers increase their spouses' risk of developing lung cancer by more than 20%, according to a new report. (bmj.bmjjournals.com)
new window Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Lung Cancer Description: Characterizes the risk and provides a bibliography of the research literature that establishes the risk. (ocat.org)
new window Involuntary Smoking Description: Summary of scientific evidence of exposure and cancer-causing effects of secondhand smoke. (monographs.iarc.fr)
new window Involuntary smoking causes breast cancer Description: Summary of Swiss study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that studied 1300 women. (ash.org)
new window Meds.com: Environmental Tobacco Smoke Description: Focus is on lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. (meds.com)
new window NERC Bibliography on Tobacco smoke and Cancer Description: Over 700 references to the scientific literature. From the National Environmental Respiratory Center. (nercenter.org)
new window OncoLink: Environmental Tobacco Smoke Description: Updated February 2000 to include latest research. (oncolink.com)
new window Passive Smoking May Speed Cancer Growth Description: Secondhand smoke may speed the growth of cancer tumors. (nature.com)
new window Passive smoking tied to breast cancer risk Description: Secondhand smoke causes cell changes that lead to breast cancer, report US researchers. The risk of these cell changes is highest in those exposed to passive smoking during childhood, before breast tissue matures, according to the study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. (dailynews.yahoo.com)
new window Pets and Secondhand Smoke Description: Secondhand smoke causes diseases in cats and dogs. (collegian.com)
new window Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer Description: The largest review to date examined 50 studies on secondhand smoke, and concludes that secondhand smoke causes cancer of the lung, uterus, cervix, liver, and kidneys. (news.bbc.co.uk)
new window Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in Cats Description: According to recent research, secondhand smoke causes feline malignant lymphoma. (aje.oupjournals.org)
new window WHO: Passive Smoking Causes Lung Cancer Description: The World Health Organization (WHO) sets the record straight: secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in non-smokers. (who.int)
 




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