Vascular dysfunction even after 20 years in children exposed to passive smoking: Alarming results and need for awareness

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 841-842

  Suzuki, Toru ^a   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^b   Higashi, Yukihito ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; endothelial function; smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84863348989     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.246918     Document Type: Editorial

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