Respiratory health effects of passive smoking : lung cancer and other disorders.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Jinot, Jennifer

Bayard, Steven P.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Health and Environmental Assessment

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Indoor Air Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Passive smoking--Physiological effect.

Passive smoking.

Respiratory organs--Diseases--Research.

Respiratory organs.

Tobacco--Physiological effect.

Tobacco.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([525] pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Lung cancer and other disorders

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [1992]

Summary:

And conclusions -- Introduction -- Estimation of environmental tobacco smoke exposure -- Hazard identification I: lung cancer in active smokers, long-term animal bioassays, and genotoxicity studies -- Hazard identification II: interpretation of epidemiologic studies on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer -- Population risk of lung cancer from passive smoking -- Passive smoking and respiratory disorders other than cancer -- Assessment of increased risk for respiratory illnesses in children from environmental tobacco smoke.

Contents:

Summary and conclusions

Introduction

Estimation of environmental tobacco smoke exposure

Hazard identification I: lung cancer in active smokers, long-term animal bioassays, and genotoxicity studies

Hazard identification II: interpretation of epidemiologic studies on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer

Population risk of lung cancer from passive smoking

Passive smoking and respiratory disorders other than cancer

Assessment of increased risk for respiratory illnesses in children from environmental tobacco smoke.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (Cancer.gov, viewed Dec. 28, 2009).

"Jennifer Jinot and Steven Bayard were the scientific editors ... Major portions of this revised report were prepared by ICF Incorporated ... under EPA contract no. 68-00-0102"--Page xvii.

"December 1992."

Includes bibliographical references (pages R-1-R-33).

"EPA/600/6-90/00 F."

Other Format:

Print version: Respiratory health effects of passive smoking.

Microfiche: Respiratory health effects of passive smoking.

OCLC:

495358752