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Clearing the smoke : assessing the science base for tobacco harm reduction /

The National Academy Press, based in Washington, D.C. presents the full text of the book entitled "Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction," edited by Kathleen Stratton, Padma Shetty, Robert Wallace, and Stuart Bondurant. The book was originally published...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stratton, Kathleen R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Principles of harm reduction
  • Historical perspective and lessons learned
  • Products for tobacco exposure reduction
  • The scientific basis for prep assessment
  • Surveillance for the health and behavioral consequences of exposure reduction
  • Implementation of a science-based policy of harm reduction
  • Principle conclusions
  • Evidence for the science base
  • Nicotine pharmacology
  • Tobacco smoke and toxicology
  • Exposure and biomarker assessment in humans
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Nonneoplastic respiratory diseases
  • Reproductive and developmental effects
  • Other health effects
  • Appendices
  • Presentations and submissions
  • Committee biographical sketches
  • Time line of tobacco events.