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dc.contributor.authorAnstey, Kaarin J.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Ruoling
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-20T13:40:13Z
dc.date.available2018-08-20T13:40:13Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-12
dc.identifier.issn0002-9262
dc.identifier.pmid29370342
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/aje/kwx378
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/621607
dc.description.abstractPan et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2018;187(5):911-918) reported findings that exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) was associated with cognitive decline over the course of 2 years among middle-aged and older Chinese women who never smoked, and they also reported a dose-response relationship. SHS exposure affects vulnerable people disproportionately because they have less control or choice over their living and working environment. Smoking is an established risk factor for dementia, but recent evidence reports on dementia-risk increase have not included SHS. Many epidemiologic studies collect data on smoking but not SHS exposure. SHS may be one of the most prevalent and modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and therefore represents a major potential target for reduction of dementia risk. Given the high prevalence of smoking in China and other parts of the world, there is an urgent need to raise awareness of SHS reduction as part of global and national strategies to reduce cognitive decline and dementia and to introduce legislation that protects nonsmokers and vulnerable children and adults from SHS.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford Adacemic
dc.subjectpassive smoking
dc.subjectrisk of cognitive decline
dc.titleInvited commentary: Secondhand smoke-an underrecognized risk factor for cognitive decline
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalAmerican Journal of Epidemiology
dc.date.accepted2017-10-31
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhampton
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW200818RC
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-05-1
dc.source.journaltitleAmerican journal of epidemiology
dc.source.volume187
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.beginpage919
dc.source.endpage921
refterms.dateFCD2022-12-21T15:43:54Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2019-03-08T05:32:10Z


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