Despite the decline in mortality from coronary heart disease during recent decades, it is still
the leading cause of death in the US and other industrialized countries. In 1996 an …

Background The effect of passive smoking on the risk of coronary heart disease is
controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis of the risk of coronary heart disease …

2. He J, Vupputuri S, Allen K, Prerost MR, Hughes J, Whelton PK. Passive smoking and the
risk of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies. N Engl J Med …

Although the effect of smoking on human health has been established as a major risk factor,
the effect of passive smoking is controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate …

Over the last 10 years, 14 epidemiological studies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and
experimental studies 15 16 17 have consistently shown that passive smoking increases the …

A large series of clinico-epidemiological studies, meta-analyses and experimental findings
have concluded that there is a relationship between coronary heart disease (CHD) and …

Perhaps one of the most important questions you can ask your patients right now is whether
they are regular passive smokers. We routinely document the smoking behavior of patients …

Aims Passive smoking is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
This study estimates CHD mortality and morbidity attributable to passive smoking in …

Objective To investigate the effect of passive smoking, active smoking and smoking
cessation on inflammation, lipid profile and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Methods A …

Active smoking is a well-established risk factor for myocardial infarction, but less is known
about the impact of passive smoking, and possible sex differences in risk related to passive …