Environmental tobacco smoke and prevalent coronary heart disease among never smokers in the Scottish MONICA surveys

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 790-792

  Chen, R ^a,b   Tavendale, R ^a   Tunstall Pedoe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4444281226     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.009167     Document Type: Short Survey

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