Open AccessSmokeless tobacco, cardiovascular risk factors, and nicotine and cotinine levels in professional baseball players.
Author(s) -
David Siegel,
Neal L. Benowitz,
Virginia L. Ernster,
D Grady,
Walter W. Hauck
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.3.417
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , cotinine , nicotine , environmental health , medicine , chewing tobacco , tobacco use , cancer , population
The use of smokeless tobacco (ST), which has increased in popularity over the past 2 decades, results in considerable systemic exposure to nicotine. Nicotine might contribute to atherosclerosis by an effect on cardiovascular risk factors.
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