title: [Passive smoking, a risk factor for lung carcinoma?].
abstract: The established elevated risk of lung cancer in smokers led to the hypothesis that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) also causes malignancies. The solution of this question is complicated by low exposure levels and dose-response dependence, as well as threshold levels. The differences between the toxins in the main- and side-stream of tobacco smoke and also the lack of significantly elevated risk ratios in epidemiological studies do not permit scientific conclusions endorsing a connection between passive smoking and lung cancer, which has become an emotionalised issue.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung Arbeitsmedizin, Universität Wien.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jahn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution