A pilot study to explore whether airborne endotoxins play a role in the association between environmental tobacco smoke and non-respiratory, smoking-related diseases

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1128-1129

  Pell, Jill P ^a   Tavernier, Gaël ^b   Haw, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Collaboration on Public Health Research Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; ENDOTOXIN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COTININE; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80051921542     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq236     Document Type: Letter

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