Early-Life Tobacco Exposure Linked To Emphysema
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health claim that children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home are more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. The findings, published in the December 2009 American Journal of Epidemiology, suggest that the lungs may not recover completely from the effects of early-life exposures to tobacco smoke (ETS), the research team says. read more