Author : Nicholson Baker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 30,9 MB
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1416572465
A study of the decades leading up to World War II profiles the world leaders, politicians, business people, and others whose personal politics and ideologies provided an inevitable barrier to the peace process and whose actions led to the outbreak of war.
Author : United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher :
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.
Author : David Bernhard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527635335
Smoking causes and contributes to a large number of human diseases, yet due to the large number of potentially hazardous compounds in cigarette smoke -- almost 5,000 chemicals have been identified, establishing the link between smoking and disease has often proved difficult. This unbiased and scientifically accurate overview of current knowledge begins with an overview of the chemical constituents in cigarette smoke, their fate in the human body, and their documented toxic effects on various cells and tissues. Recent results detailing the many ways components of cigarette smoke adversely affect human health are also presented, highlighting the role of smoking in cardiovascular, respiratory, infectious and other diseases. A final chapter discusses current strategies for the treatment and prevention of smoking-induced illness. Despite the obvious importance of the topic, this is the first comprehensive reference on tobacco smoke toxicity, making for essential reading for all toxicologists and healthcare professionals dealing with smoking-related diseases.
Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 21,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781861892003
People have always smoked, and they probably always will. Every culture in recorded history has smoked something, whether for pleasure or relief, whether as part of an elaborate religious ritual or merely to strike a pose. This is the first truly comprehensive history of smoking, describinbg all of its forms, practices, paraphernalia and materials, in cultures, locations and times throughout the world.
Author : Gersi Douchan
Publisher : Hansebooks
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,31 MB
Release : 2021-11-12
Category :
ISBN : 9783348011464
Faces in the smoke: - An eyewitness experience of voodoo, shamanism, psychic healing, and other amazing human powers is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1191. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Vera Tiesler
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Aztecs
ISBN : 9780884024262
Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice address the traditions, circumstances, and practices that involved the burning of bodies and bone, to better understand the ideologies behind these acts. It brings together scholars working across Mesoamerica with different methodologies and interdisciplinary lenses.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Passive smoking
ISBN :
This Surgeon General's report returns to the topic of the health effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. The last comprehensive review of this evidence by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was in the 1986 Surgeon General's report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking, published 20 years ago this year. This new report updates the evidence of the harmful effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. This large body of research findings is captured in an accompanying dynamic database that profiles key epidemiologic findings, and allows the evidence on health effects of exposure to tobacco smoke to be synthesized and updated (following the format of the 2004 report, The Health Consequences of Smoking). The database enables users to explore the data and studies supporting the conclusions in the report. The database is available on the Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco.
Author : Stanton A. Glantz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520213722
These documents provide a shocking inside account of the activities of one tobacco company, Brown & Williamson, and its multinational parent, British American Tobacco, over more than thirty years.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 1956 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 1972
Category :
ISBN :
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Medicine
ISBN :
