Cigarette Smoke and Oxidative Stress

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Halliwell, Barry B. (Editor), Poulsen, Henrik E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: 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...