Trends in Smoking & Health Research

J H Owing (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2005
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-59454-391-3 (ISBN)

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Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases including cancer, heart attacks and strokes. This book offers research from around the globe.

Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organisation. According to their figures, it is responsible for approximately five million deaths world-wide every year. Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases including cancer, heart attacks and strokes. The WHO says that its impact on world health is still not fully assessed. This book offers leading edge research from around the globe.

Preface; Lung Cancer Among Women; Cigarette Smoking, High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Subfractions and Blood Pressure in Japanese Collegiate Women; Effect of Smoking on the Electrophoretic Activity of the Buccal Epithelium Cell Nuclei in Smoking Mothers and their New-born Babies; Smoking During Pregnancy; Does Smoking Really Prevent Hypertension in Pregnancy? Case Control Study of Pregnant Women in Japan; Intrauterine Exposure to Tobacco Inhaled Products and Subsequent Obesity; Review: Environmental Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Children; Focus on Smoking and Health Research; Cigarette Smoking and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage; Cigarette Smoking, Second-Hand-Smoke, and Adolescent Skeletal Health; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.11.2005
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	733 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	1-59454-391-7 / 1594543917
ISBN-13	978-1-59454-391-3 / 9781594543913
Zustand	Neuware