Smokers putting their loved ones at risk of heart attacks
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:23
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at University College London and St George's, University of London measured recent exposure to tobacco smoke in non-smoking middle-aged men taking part in the British Regional Heart Study by measuring the levels of cotinine - a compound carried in the blood - at two time points 20 years apart.
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