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June 20, 2013

Secondhand Smoke Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Secondhand Smoke article.

Arsenic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Asthma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Benzene: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breast cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bronchitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cadmium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiovascular: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiovascular disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chloride: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Congestion: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cotinine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ear: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Environmental Protection Agency: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Environmental tobacco smoke: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ethylene oxide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart attack: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Involuntary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Involuntary smoking: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lung cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Middle ear: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mucous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nicotine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nursing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Passive smoking: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumonia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prescription: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Respiratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Risk factor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Secondhand smoke: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgeon: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgeon General: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tobacco: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vinyl chloride: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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