Lifetime environmental tobacco smoke exposure and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| Authors: | Eisner Mark D Balmes John Katz Patricia P Trupin Laura Yelin Edward H Blanc Paul D |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Box 0924, San Francisco, CA 94113-0924, USA;(2) Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Box 0924, San Francisco, CA 94113-0924, USA;(3) Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Box 0924, San Francisco, CA 94113-0924, USA;(4) Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Box 0920, San Francisco, CA 94113-0920, USA |
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| Abstract: | Background Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contains potent respiratory irritants, may lead to chronic airway inflammation and obstruction. Although ETS exposure appears to cause asthma in children and adults, its role in causing COPD has received limited attention in epidemiologic studies. |
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