Childhood environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a smoking gun for atherosclerosis in adulthood

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (M.M.M., S.D.d.F.); and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.M.M.).
² From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (M.M.M., S.D.d.F.); and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.M.M.). sarah.deferranti@cardio.chboston.org.

Editorial

Michael M Mendelson et al. Circulation. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 7;131(14):1231-3.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015705. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

¹ From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (M.M.M., S.D.d.F.); and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.M.M.).
² From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (M.M.M., S.D.d.F.); and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (M.M.M.). sarah.deferranti@cardio.chboston.org.

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Keywords: Editorials; cardiovascular diseases; environmental air pollutants; youth.

Comment on

Exposure to parental smoking in childhood is associated with increased risk of carotid atherosclerotic plaque in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
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