Directory of Stroke Resources

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Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Stroke

http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/stroke.html
Provides a bibliography of relevant research.
Passive Smoke From Spouse Increases a Smoking Woman's Stroke Risk

http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol34/vol34n15/articles/PassiveSmoke.html
Women already at risk of having a stroke because they smoke cigarettes increase their stroke risk three-fold if they live with a spouse who smokes, according to recent research.
Passive smoking and risk of stroke seems a solid connection

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/9/1/112.full#resp1
Letter to scientific journal on biomarkers, exposure measurement, confounds, and the evidence connecting secondhand smoke to stroke.
Passive Smoking As Well As Active Smoking Increases the Risk of Acute Stroke

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/8/2/156.short
Article summarizes the epidemiology.
Passive Smoking Increases the Risk of Acute Stroke

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/8/2/156.abstract?ijkey=s5i8mmfH77IGE
Population-based case-control study of residents of Auckland, New Zealand finds a significantly increased risk of stroke in both men and women.

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