| Document ID (ISN) | 48950 |
| CIS number |
88-269 |
| Year |
1984 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (PHS) 84-50205
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| Title |
The chronic consequences of smoking: Chronic obstructive lung disease - A report of the Surgeon General |
| Bibliographic information |
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office on Smoking and Health, Rockville, MD 20857, USA, 1984. 545p. Illus. Bibl. Index. |
| Abstract |
Chapter 7 of this major report made to the US Congress is on passive smoking, including information on the measurement of exposure, acute physiological response of the airway to smoke in the environment, symptomatic response to chronic passive cigarette smoke exposure in healthy subjects, pulmonary function in adults exposed to involuntary cigarette smoke and the effects of passive smoke exposure on people with allergies, asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
obstructive ventilatory impairment; lung diseases; smoking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; report; biological effects; exposure evaluation; long-term exposure; allergic asthma |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Passive smoking
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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