Exposure to secondhand smoke and cognitive impairment in non-smokers: National cross sectional study with cotinine measurement

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7695, 2009, Pages

  Llewellyn, David J ^a   Lang, Lain A ^b   Langa, Kenneth M ^c,d   Naughton, Felix ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Outcomes Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84859009324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b462     Document Type: Article

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