Cigarette smoke toxicity : linking individual chemicals to human diseases /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bernhard, David
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; 2011.
• Subjects: Cigarette smoke > Toxicology.; Tobacco > Physiological effect.; Smoking > adverse effects.; Smoking > physiopathology.; Tobacco > toxicity.; Tobacco Use Disorder > physiopathology.; Tobacco Smoke Pollution > adverse effects.; Smoking Cessation.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain); MEDICAL > Neurology.; Electronic books.

Smoking causes and contributes to a large number of human diseases, yet due to the large number of potentially hazardous compounds in cigarette smoke -- almost 5,000 chemicals have been identified, establishing the link between smoking and disease has often proved difficult. This unbiased and scient...