Cigarette Smoke and Oxidative Stress

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Halliwell, Barry B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Poulsen, Henrik E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Oncology.; Medical biochemistry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Medical Biochemistry.

From a public health point of view, there is little doubt that one of the most important preventable causes of disease worldwide is tobacco smoking. It is also clear that tobacco smoke contains a vast number of chemicals with important biological efects in disease processes. Te gas phase of tobacco...