Smoking - Adverse effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Exposure to the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in smokers from 3 populations with different risks of lung cancer.

13 Nov 2009 Native Hawaiian smokers are at higher risk and Japanese-American smokers at lower risk of lung cancer (LC), compared with white smokers, even after accounting for smoking history. Because variation in carcinogen exposure/metabolism may occur ... Read more...

Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may affect brain development and behavior in adolescent offspring. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in mediating the relationship between PEMCS ... Read more...

Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The relative contribution of risk factors to the development of heart failure remains controversial. Further, whether these contributions have changed over time or differ by sex is unclear. Few population-based studies have been ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Smoking - Adverse effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Exposure to the carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in smokers from 3 populations with different risks of lung cancer. 13 Nov 2009
• Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study. 30 Oct 2009
• Body mass index and mortality from lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers: a nationally representative prospective study of 220,000 men in China. 30 Oct 2009
• Nondaily and social smoking: an increasingly prevalent pattern. 24 Oct 2009
• Correlates of multiple chronic disease behavioral risk factors in Canadian children and adolescents. 19 Oct 2009
• [Walk-in spirometry pilot project for discovering of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Hypertension correlates with lenticulostriate arteries visualized by 7T magnetic resonance angiography. 3 Oct 2009
• Pfeiffer-like syndrome with holoprosencephaly: a newborn with maternal smoking and alcohol exposure. 29 Sep 2009
• [Head and neck squamous cell cancer] 29 Sep 2009
• FoxO3a gene is a target of deletion in mouse lung adenocarcinoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Electronic cigarettes: safety concerns and regulatory issues. 29 Sep 2009
• Patient information. Bladder cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening 2008. 29 Sep 2009
• Screening for bladder cancer. The challenge: identifying who might benefit most from screening. 29 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 29 Sep 2009
• Polymorphism in cytochrome P4501A1 is significantly associated with head and neck cancer risk. 29 Sep 2009
• Prediction of birth weight by cotinine levels during pregnancy in a population of black smokers. 26 Sep 2009
• Antiphospholipid antibodies: pinning risk on a moving target. 23 Sep 2009
• Unequal risks, unmet needs: the tobacco burden for Pacific peoples in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Smoking'

Definition: Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or something similar to tobacco.

Descriptor UI: D012907

Alternative terms: Smoking; Tobacco Smoking; Cigarette Smoking; Smoking, Cigarette; Smoking, Tobacco;

Related Mesh Headings: Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Tobacco Use Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.466.753;

Technical Notes: almost exclusively tobacco smoking: not for smoking marijuana ( = MARIJUANA SMOKING); smokers' patches, smokers' tongue = LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; cancer caused by smoking = organ/neopl term with /etiol (not /chem ind) + SMOKING /adv eff (not TOBACCO USE DISORDER); passive smoking = TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; SMOKING CESSATION is also available