Mortality Risks Associated With Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in the United States

Mortality Risks Associated With Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in the United States

Researchers have presented various estimates of mortality attributable to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in the United States, but mortality risk estimates for ETS exposure from U.S. health survey data are generally unavailable. I estimated mortality hazard ratios (HRs) for ETS exposure...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nicotine & tobacco research 2013-10, Vol.15 (10), p.1722-1728
1. Verfasser: Rostron, Brian
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Risk Factors
Smoking - adverse effects
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Researchers have presented various estimates of mortality attributable to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in the United States, but mortality risk estimates for ETS exposure from U.S. health survey data are generally unavailable. I estimated mortality hazard ratios (HRs) for ETS exposure from Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data from 1988 to 1994 linked for 4 and 8 years of mortality follow-up. I classified ETS exposure based on observed serum cotinine concentrations (low ETS exposure:
ISSN:1462-2203
1469-994X
DOI:10.1093/ntr/ntt051