Passive smoking and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: prospective study with cotinine measurement

H. Whincup, Peter; Gilg, Julie; Emberson, Jonathan; J. Jarvis, M.; Feyerabend, C; Bryant, Andrew; Walker, Mary; G. Cook, Derek

doi:10.1136/bmj.38146.427188.55

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Passive smoking and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: prospective study with cotinine measurement

Published in BMJ • Jun 30, 2004

Authors:

Peter H. Whincup

Julie Gilg

Jonathan Emberson

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between a biomarker of overall passive exposure to tobacco smoke (serum cotinine concentration) and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. DESIGN: Prospective population based study in general practice (the British regional heart study). PARTICIPANTS: 4729 ...

Subject

Cotinine

Medicine

Hazard ratio

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