Secondary smoke: an update
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Research by the EPA has established that, along with arsenic, asbestos and benzene, secondhand cigarette smoke is a human carcinogen. It was also ascertained that the childhood risk of asthma, bronchitis, middle-ear infections and pneumonia are increased by secondary smoke.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
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Gallbladder-surgery update
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Gall-bladder removal, known as minimal access surgery, should be done by an experienced surgeon to prevent serious injury. An inexperienced surgeon might sever a bile duct which may even lead to death.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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