Cigarette smoke toxicity : linking individual chemicals to human diseases /
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...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Weinheim :
Wiley-VCH ;
2011.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Περίληψη: | 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 scientifically accurate overview of current knowledge begins with an overview of the chemical constituents in cigarette smoke, their fate in the human body, and their documented toxic effects on various cells and tissues. Recent results detailing the many ways components of cigarette smoke adversely affec. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (xx, 367 pages) : illustrations |
| Βιβλιογραφία: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783527635344 3527635343 9783527635320 3527635327 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9783527635320 |
