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Association between respiratory tract diseases and secondhand smoke exposure among never smoking flight attendants: a cross-sectional survey.

Jon O Ebbert, Ivana T Croghan, Darrell R Schroeder, Judith Murawski, Richard D Hurt

BACKGROUND: Little is known about long-term adverse health consequences experienced by flight attendants exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) during the time smoking was allowed on airplanes. We undertook this study to evaluate the association between accumulated flight time in smoky airplane cabins and respiratory tract diseases in a cohort of never smoking flight attendants. METHODS: We conducted a mailed survey in a cohort of flight attendants. Of 15,000 mailed questionnaires, 2053 (14%) were completed and returned...

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September 26, 2007: Environmental Health

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