Directory of Respiratory System Resources

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• Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Respiratory Disease

  http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/respiratory.html
  Provides a bibliography of research on the effect of secondhand smoke on asthma, respiratory infections, and so on.

• Respiratory Effects of Secondhand Smoke in a Panel Study of Asthmatic and Symptomatic Children

  http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/3/802
  Exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with a decline in peak flow and increases in respiratory symptoms and use of bronchodilator drugs among asthmatic children.

• Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking

  http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=2835
  EPA report covers only respiratory effects, not heart disease etc.

• Secondhand Smoke Causes Women Decreased Lung Function

  http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0523021.htm
  Secondhand smoke causes decreased lung function in women, especially women with asthma, according to a recent study.

 

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