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• A Molecular Dosimetry Approach to Assess Human Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

  http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/7/1171.abstract
  Recent research measures effects of exposure to secondhand smoke from single pub visit.

• Biomarkers of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Preschool Children and their mothers.

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8072033?dopt=Abstract
  Scientific paper on measurement of children's exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Chemicals in Smoke

  http://www.smoke-free.ca/factsheets/
  Factsheets and papers on: how cigarettes are tested for chemical content; total yearly chemical emissions from secondhand smoke; comparison of secondhand smoke and air pollution; estimates of amounts of 30 chemicals a restaurant worker would inhale in an 8 hour shift; description of tobacco smoke components; threshold limit values for chemicals found in tobacco smoke.

• Designated "No Smoking" Areas Provide Little Protection from Secondhand Smoke

  http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/13/1/17.full
  Research measures secondhand smoke in "no smoking" areas, and finds that little protection is provided compared to the exposures in the smoking area.

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Carcinogen-Hemoglobin Adduct Levels

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8445675?dopt=Abstract
  Scientific paper on measurement of exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development

  http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tobacco_smoke/sign_in.html
  Online course in scientific investigation uses actual experiment performed on effects of secondhand smoke.

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Exposure Measurements and Prevalence

  http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/tobacco/caets/2EXPOSUR.html
  Scientific report breaks down tobacco smoke constituents, their physical and chemical properties, and indoor air concentrations.

• Exposure of the US Population to Secondhand Smoke

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8601954?dopt=Citation
  Research estimates the extent of exposure of the US population to secondhand smoke, and how that breaks down into home and workplace exposures.

• Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Widespread

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/96news/nrsmoke.htm
  CDC research finds that nearly 9 out of 10 Americans are exposed to secondhand smoke.

• Why Secondhand Smoke Cannot Be Controlled With Ventilation

  http://www.repace.com/factappen.html
  Factsheet explains the pollution measurement and science of smoke concentration and buildup.

 

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