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Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Never-Smoking Adults

Author(s) -

Andrea Venn,

John Britton

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.648469

Subject(s) - medicine , cotinine , homocysteine , fibrinogen , national health and nutrition examination survey , secondhand smoke , passive smoking , epidemiology , tobacco smoke , white blood cell , cross sectional study , physiology , nicotine , environmental health , pathology , population

Exposure to secondhand smoke has been associated with a disproportionately high risk of coronary heart disease, thought to be mediated through inflammation, platelet aggregation, and/or endothelial dysfunction. The epidemiological association between objectively measured exposure to secondhand smoke and biomarkers of heart disease risk has not been investigated, however.

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