Environmental tobacco smoke and mortality in Chinese women who have never smoked: prospective cohort study

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the association of environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from husbands and from work, as well as from family members in early life, with all cause mortality and mortality due to cancer or cardiovascular disease in Chinese women. Design Ongoing prospective cohort study in Shanghai, China. Participants Of 72 829 women who had never smoked, 65 180 women provided information on smoking...