Passive smoking as well as active smoking increases the risk of acute stroke

Tobacco Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-160

  Bonita, Ruth ^a,c   Duncan, John ^a   Truelsen, Thomas ^a   Jackson, Rodney T ^b   Beaglehole, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Community Health ^*

^c NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Smoking attributable diseases; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0033144604     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.8.2.156     Document Type: Article

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