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Foreword:
The question
of public smoking
ugi~fte
Smo*ke- and
the
Nonsmoker
1Als eooklst'foawos on a subdoet that Ras O.eo.o inernasinqly
fsoillar to sny - publle sookiW and the oa.p.iqn to lisit or
prohibit s.okinq In publio olaees.
The crucial question is .Mtlwsr tMt ssoosure of' non..oksrs to
tosaeao s.eke In not..1, evorydsy situations actually creates a
health hazard. tN don't think this has 6oon sNown. Ine..e, srnyy
soirntists .Ae 0.llisr" s.oklnq is Aar.ful to~s.okars have puWlialy
stated tlwm i's not sufficient o.ridbiao to erneluds public s.okirq
is har.ful to nsnssokass.
Ky, tMxN is so swah 60048" bMsinq 01aood on the sueQoet'' A
sLqlwanswr is dlffLoult, but it swrs reasonable to suggest that
the failure of the earpaign ai.rd at .akLhq s.okors stop s.oklnq has
resultad In a aa.pwwtory effort to srks s.okinqi'aoeUlly.
U1moopta0lt.0
i
The ea.oaiqn fer outriqAt bans or restrictions on ssokLnp In public
Olaws is nyto.oetAy for its lack of'oorsussiMe soisntifio findings.
/Ib.er.r, it is eroodinq,diserimLnation and 1'1'11 .i11. 5.okers and'
nona.okors, fllonds and n.Lqnbors, are being s.t apainst oad+ other.
Soeial friction Mas arisse In o.ey instaness. Yiolonoo and
sLL'1'itoney have Ooonikindlsd In sosr cases. Ai+d - s4st serisusly--
psrsoqsl ftvodoos aru being attsckoS and eroded In a do.oeratib
soaiAty.
]*tro Is ns nwd to dsmsnd r+strietiw loqislation - to infringe
on frssds ef choice. Comwe sonso, courtesy and tolsrsneo for the
Orofironcss of others arr all that is no.dod to u+aelo ssorers and
nowsoolcors wah to .ndoy their pref.rsno.s and to respect those of'
others.
S eioty is 111-s.r"di.dsn it's ...bors are suba+.ot.d to any kind of
ea.osign bas.d on fear or .lsintor.ation. No,yoal Can be Jwstlfii.d
sy, Lhe usr of suoh Ocp.ali.nts or contrivances to attain it.
EMotionai rlrotorio i's not a substituto for scientific fact.
lhe is3soeo ]nstituto
Aprili 11MA
n

G3prette
$II1oke' and
the
Nonsmoker
The Issue
isnot new
T6e evid+e,nce.
Is incoOclusive
Among, the more recent charges against smoking is the claim tha
exposure to other people's cigarette smoke -- sometimes callea~
"passive" or "involuntary" smoking -- can cause disease in
nonsmokers.
Efforts to make saaking socially unacceptable -- some try to
convince the nonsmaker environmental tobacco smoke i's "harmful"
-- rely heavily on certa3n, research reports that purport to lir
other people's saMoke with cancer, lung problems and other
diseases. Such cliaLms have not, however, withstood scientific
scrutiny.
Concern among nonsmokers about the possible effects of breathir.
other peoplie's tobacco smoke began to emerge following ai 1971'
speech by the then Surgeon General, Jesse Steinfeld..Ca,lling :
a ban on s:+I in public pl!aces, Steinfeld said that "evidenc,
is aacsa,xnlating that the nonsmoker may have untoward effects f:
the pollution his smoking neighbor forces upon him."I
A year laEer, the 5urgeonI Cenezal's annual report to Congress c
seoking andlhealth devoted a chapter to studies claiming to shc
exposure to tobacco srac-ke in the air "aay"'have adverse effect:
on nonsmokers.2
These pages set off a chain reaction as researchers began
weasuring, smoke and smoke components in public places and in
laboratory settings and estiuaating amounts to which nonsmokers
are eXposed. A body of research a+acumulated during the 197,0s.
But, by 1979, the "evidence" was still' so conjectural no
objective scientist could have drawn, any har1 aonclusions about
sidestreaai smoke and disease.
After reviewing, the decade's research in, more than 40, pages, tr
1979 Surgeon C,eneral's report said healthy nonsxookers exposed t
cigarette smoke have little or no physiologic response to the
smoke, and what reaction may occur is probably psy,chologilcal.3
The 1982 Surgeon General'a report, on cigarette smoking and
cancer, noted that the available evidencs is not sufficient to
conclude that other people's smoke causes disease in nonsmokers.
Itw 1983' two scientific workshop, aieetings on environeeental tobac.:
smoke also recognized'that'the scientific evidence was
inconclus,ive. Many of the participants at both have published
strong anti'-smoking views.
The first workshop, which drew medical researchers fromi nine
countries to the University of Geneva, heard new data and ~
reviewed existing studies. The Swedish researcher who organizp~ ~
the workshop sumaied up: ~
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are
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An overall evaluation based!u!pon available seientific
data leads to the conclusion that an increased risk
[,in lung cancer] for nonsmokers from environmental'
tobacco smoke exposure has not been established.s
C,
Because the workshop, was supported'by a grant from The Tobacc
Institute, that report might have met with some skepticism.
Appearing almost si~multaneou,sl'y in late 1'9&3, however, was th ~I
final report from a workshop sponsored in May by the United'
States Pub1i'c Health Servi'ce, specifically the Division of' Lu
~
Diseases of the National Heart, 4ung and'Blood Institute, ino,
8bthesda, Maryl!and'. Participants were 21' investigators from , ~
fields of epidemiology, statistics and adult and pediakric ,
pulmonary medicine. I
I
Tfie3~r conclusion:
A review oT'the data from the studies Khichihave been 0+
carried out or are in progress which address the ~
effect of passive smoking on the respiratory system
suggests that the effect varies from negligible to I
quite small. From this review, It was not possible too
determine whether there is a specific group which is
at i'ncreased risk or what the mechanism of'the effect
(if any) may be.6
Some investigators claim reported levels of'various tobacco 3,1
components in the atmosphere -- carbon monoxide, particulate:,
i,
nicotine -- are hazardous to nonsmokers" health. Otnst' becaus
researchers can measure such substances, however, does not me
they have any significance to human health,.
Cioncantrations of constituents of 'cigarette smoke are:immedia. .~
-dfluted-by: tfie ~surroundingrair.: Andmeas<rranents'of".atinos.pMe_7 :
I
cigarette smoke taken under-rea~,listic'conditions, indicate thZ;
the contribution of tobacco smoke to the air we breathe is fl
inimal.
One widely stuMied' component of tobacco smoke has been carbon ~
monoxide (CO) . It is well'recognized that the main sources c..
in the environnient are imotor vehicl~es and industrial processe_ -
-- not environmental tobacco smoke~. Indoor levels of CO are
affected by outside levels and by cooking,and heating, among
other factors.
Still, environrnental tobacco smoke is frequently blamed for ~
contributing significant aarounts of carbon monoxide to the
environment. It is important to re~nber, however, that stuc j~
conducted under realistic conditions indicate that atmospheri
from tobacco s=ke!rarely exceeds 10 parts per million (ppm)5
is closer to 5 ppm~in.public places with.normai ventilation,9 IT
Both figures are well belb:w the limit of'50 ppm recommended t+ !oph
heal!thiagencies for workers exposed'r over an eight-hour perioc. *;~b
. hM+~
S~-3

Study design
judgtd
to be faulty
Researchers
measured
wr~nga eompooent
Like CIO, airborne particulate matter arises from many sources
besides tobacco smoke. It can include everything from dust,,
paper and textile lint to animal dander, pollen and fuellresic
A 1980 study invoiving measurement of particulates in public
buildings iniwashington, D.C., is cited frequently to sup~portt
claim that cigarette smoke may be harmful to nonsmokers. 0 The
authors, 3ames Repace and Alfred Lowrey, reported that in
buildi'ngs where smoking was permitted levels of'respd~rab,l'e
particulat&matter were far greater than in places where smok!
was not permitted.
Serious qwestions about the study's scientific methodo,logy wer
raised when Repace presented additional'data to a 1982 meeting
the:American Society of Heating,, Refrigerating and Air-
Conditioning Engineers.ll
Questioned from the floor by a consulting engineer, Repace
admitted he had, not measured the quantity of outdoor air
introduced by ventilating systems»1p
~ Mother critic noted Repace and, Lowrey did not'.easure
particulate levels before swoking began, failed to present dat
on actual ventilation rates and, most ieportantly, did not
determine the specific contribution of tobacco smoke to
particiulate leveis.13
Other research does not lend support to claims of adverse healz
.
effects associated with cigarette ~ smoke components in the
environment. Danish scientists exposed'nonsuokingisubjects to
atmospheric tobacco smoke. They also measured the levels of
smoke eoMponents in.the test roomL Their conclusion: Ho data
exi'st to support the contention that ambient tobacco smoke has
"a:lasting adyerse health effect,in otherwise healthy .
.indiwiduals:"1.4
Use of measurements of CO and!particuliates to estieate
environmental smoke lenrels can be questioned,, because both i are
produced by many sources. Most researchers consider nicotine a
uchimore appropriate-and reliable Lndicator, since it iss
produced exclusively by burning tobacco,.
Studies using nicotine~as a smoke index help to, confirm that th
contribution of tobacco smoke to the atmosphere: mi'nimal.
Drs. pill'iaM Hinda and Melvin First, researchers from the Harva
School of Public Healthy found only very small' amounts of
nicotine in, the atmosphere of crowded'bars, bus and airline
terminals, restaurants and student loiunges.15
Researchers in Europe who, used di?f'erent methods to measure the
.
presence of tobaccoismoke in the atmosphere reported slightly
higher nicoti'ne concentrations than Hinds and First.16 But the
like Hinds and First, concluded fro+m their measurements that
smoking,daes not represent a risk to nonsmokers.

CO test results
could not be
-- -
reproduced
Some opponents of tobacco smoke have claimed carboni monoxide
causes or contributes to the development of heart disease In
~
nonsmokers. Those who make such claims frequently cite research
~
conducted In the late 1960s by a group of Danish scientists,. I
The researchers, studying the effects of CO exposure on rabbits
fed a high cholesterol diet, reported carbon monoxide in tobacco
smoke ptiayedl a major role ini hardening of the coronary
arteries.17 ifiowever, when studies by other researc18rs reported ,
negligible effects of CO exposure in other animals, the Danish ~
scientists, tried, and failed, to reproduce their earlier test C,'
results. They reported in 1978119 and'.again in 198020 and!198'121 I1,
that CO did not produce significant changes In the coronary
arteries.
Studies of humans exposed to high amounts of carbon monoxide in I
their work environments also generally fail to support the claiT-)
that CO oauses heart disease. workers such as bridge and tunnel
workersg and blast furnace workers, known to be exposed to high
levels of CO on a, regular basis, have not been, found to have
higher rates of cardiovascular disease than the general pwblic 2z:
Other researchers al'so have: concluded'.that CO does not contribuRr,,i
to the origin oR'heart disease In the nonsmoker. For example, ill
a 1981 issue of' the American Heart Journal, a scientist known for ~
his oppositiion to smoking said that exposure to the tobacco smoke~
of'others did not have any liong-termcardiovasaular consequence--.
for the nonsmoker.23
Two highly publicized 1981 studies have been! cited frequently to {
support the claim that environaenta,l ci'garette! smoke increases I.
the risk of lung cancer Ln nonsmokers. A.3apanese study~ by Dr.
Takeshi Hlrayaqa?4'. andI orne-by a Credc team. headed by.mr:
.pYaiitrios Tr3chopoi ' both suggested that _nonsioking° wives of '`
smokers have a higher risk of'lung canaer than nonsmoking women }
married to nonsmokers.
8oth studies have received extensive criticism In the scientific
literature since their publ!ication,, In addition, findings from ~
rem nt American Cancer Society study26 contradict the results os °.
the 3apani and Greek research. Thus, these claims of increased
cancer risk are highly suspect and not proven.
Shortly after the Hirayama study appeared' in, the British Medical
3ournal, Westions were raised'by other scientists in the n+edical
terature about the design of the study and the validity of O
Hirayama's conclusions. A number of highly critical letters In
the journal pointed'out inadequacies and~ inconsistencies in the
data. U1
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Another study-
another
contradiction
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Researchers study
InaR function
The study wasf'aulted for not recording the cell types of the
'lung cancers found27 and not accounting for either the.level of
exposure to cigarette smoke in the surroundi'ng air or to indoor
air pol'lution from household heating andlcooking equipment ?8
Problems with the population sample selection$9 and statistical
analyses30 also!were noted..
The authors of'the Creek study themselves conceded'the
limitations of'their research. Trichopoanlos and colleagues
admitted the number of'cases studied was small and noted they
presented their data "principally to suggest that further
investigation of'this issue should be pressed~"25'
The authors offered!li'ttle informatLon about the population from,
which thei'r sample was selected. Nor did they i'ndicate they had
considered such faetors as diet, family history or occupational
exposure in reachd~ng their conclusions.
After reviewing problews such as these ini both the Nirayama and
the Trichopoulos studies, a scientist from the German Heart
Center in Munich concluded that "passive smoking may mean an
annoyance for healthy adults, but in all probability it is not
connected with damage to health.«31
The American Cancer Society study that reache& conclusions much
different froe, those of the 3apanese and!Careek studies casts
further doubt on, the research. Author Lawrence Garfinkel, the
society's: vice president for epbdemiology and statistics,
reported finding noi signi'ficant increase: in lung cancer deathh
rates among nonsmoking woeen married to smokers when comparedl
with those of nonsmokers with nonsmoking husbands. The
population he studied', so.e 160,000 American wives, was larger
than the 3apanese and Greek studies coabined.Zd
Cartinkel discussed his f'indiings i an interview, coamenting,,
"Passive.s.roking way be a political matter but i't is not a main
iasue ini terusof healtfl policy."32
In 1980J authors U.es R. White, a pnysiaai education;instructor
at the University of California at San Diego, and Herman F.
Froeb, a physician, claimed that chronic eacposure to tobacco
smoke in the work environwent significantly affected lung
function in nonswokers.33
White and Froeb had attempted tol measure swall-airNays function
in smokers and nonsmokers enrolled in a physical fitness profile
course. They concluded that nonsmokers who: were exposed to
tobacco smoke at work for 20 years or more had~ reduced function
of their small airways compared to nonswokers who said they were
not exposed to tobacco seroke.

I
Evi+dence ...
remains sparse"
Smoken' children
are studied
Those who~cite White-Froeb, however, fail to take into account
what one of'the government's highest health~offici!als wrote in an
editoriali in the same Journal issue. "The evidence that passive
sawkingi in a general atmosphere has health, eff+ects,"' wrote Dr.
Claude Lenfant of the Matiional Heart, Lung~ and 61ood' Institute,
"remains sparse, incomplete and soewetimes unconvincing."34
others criticized the Mhite-Froeb study for usingilung function
testing equipment that fails to meet the technical recommen-
dations of the Aarerican,Thoracic Society3S'and for using carbon
monoxide as aniindex of smoke exposure, as CO isinot unique to
tobacco smoke.36
Strong criticism of the White-Froeb work surfaced during a
joint annual .eeting of the thoracic society and the American
Lung Assoeiation, in 1982. In a session on "seoond}tland smoke,"
Michael Lebowitz, a Uh.ivers,ity of Arizona epidemiologist who was
co-author of the passive smoking chapter in the 1982 Surgeon
Ceneral''s report, termed the studly improperly designed from an
epide.iologic point of view.37
White a4Froeb, Lebowitz claimed, had unaccountably eliminated
3,OQ0 subjects from thei!r, study population and then declared
their results to be significant. The epidewiologist, who has
been conducting his own Tucson Study of Obstructive Lung Disease
since 1972, concluded the result of'the Mhite-Froeb study cannot
be used to demonstrate an effect of environwental seoke onilung
function.
And in a statement filed in early 1984 with the Los Angeles
Coun!cy-public Health Cosuission, Lebowitz took further issue with
the white-Froeb work. He wrote:
Even with a biased population, poor study design, and
incorrect statistical'evaluation, there were no
elear-cut, consistent, medically meaningful (or
believable) di'fferences between passive, smokers and
nonswokers,38
Some studies have reported that respiratory problems in children
are related to parental smoking at home. Although they do not
pertain directly to the topic of smoking in ublic places, they
are frequently cited to heighten health concerns about
environwental'tobacxo swoke..
Such studies usually fail to consider other factors that might be
related to children's illnesses -- school environnrents, parental
economic status, heatingisystems, the use of gas stoves and the
illnesses of other family mentiers.39
A five-year study on respiratory ailments in a28'Dutch children
found saiokingland nonsmoking parents have about the same
proportions of children with respiratory probleias. The
researchers concludedr. "The number of cigarettes smoked by the
parents has no influence on respiratory symptoms in their
childten."40
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A similar, conclusion was reached'by aI critic of smoking who
compl eted one I of the largest, studieseve'r done on i the sub fect.
It innrolved' 376 ' families, with $16 children, in three towns.4 ii
The conclusion: "Exposure to low levels of seoke Produced by
cigarette smokers does not result iin chronic respiratory symptoms
or loss of' lung function among children nor among adu,Uts."
More recently, data from a continuing study of respiratory
disease among more than 1,b'00 Tucson area families indicated that
parental smoking had'no significant effect on children's lung
function. Researchers also reported no significant relationship
between the smoking habits of either parent and.spousal pulmonary
function642
W1y 't6e
overreaction?
Scien+ae
is "atiwed"
Given that atmospheric tobacco smoke has not been provedito cause
disease in nonsmokers, what can account for the overreaction of
some nonsmokers to tobacco smoke? Some researchers have
suggested that such reactions may have an eoational or
psychological basis.
The 1979 Surgeon General's report suggested that what response
ray occur in healthy nonsmokers exposed to tobacco smoke "may be
due to, psychological factors."3 Md the late Dr.iNi'chael
Nalberstaw, a physician and medical collaanbst, once suggested
that the sy+rptas of' nonsmokers "say oo.e frowi anger rather than
the smoke itself."43
A cultural anthropologist who has studied smoking customs in
different societies agrees. The emotional reaqtion of soaie
nonsmokers may simply reflect frustrations with life in gieneral'l,
says Sherwin Feinhandler. As the Harvard Medical School lecturer
told a Congressional hearing in 1978, "To some people, the smmker
has become a ready target for general frtirstrations, anxiety and
di'scontent. ""
Nhatever the reasony the overreaction to the considerab3e
publicity given studies that purport to show, eenvironmental
tobacco smoke is a risk to nonsmokers has resulted in
insuffYcient attention to scientists who caution that emotion and
fear must not be allowed to obscure scientific facts as they
currently exist.
Oihe such scientist is the fori.er head of the gmverneent's smoking
and health research prograw. Public saoking, Dr. Cio Gbri warns,
is so laden with moralistic overtones "it'is not a,Uways easy to
separate fact from ewotion."' Too often, he wrote recently, thosee
who would advance the nonsmoking point oR'view use "supportive
statements frowithe most popular and swccessfallr persuasive ~
force today, namely science." O
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on,
P;~P
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The combination of science and "a vigorous advocacy" has
reswl'ted,, he said,, ini legisl'ative action -- "but at the cost of
leaving science abused in too many instances."
pr. Giori,, whol described him.self as prone to "strongj statemants""f
that nobody should sawke, nevertheless predicted that people will
continue to, do so and that studies will' continue to explore the
effects of'aRbient smoke oni nonsmokers,,even though "the
likeli'hood'of finding future correlations of passive sarokingg
exposure and significant public healith problems is negligible."
Md he warns:
Without a sense of'proportion andlperspective,
researchers risk diverting prodigious amounts,of'
goodwill, work, and sci'enti'fic credibility toward
i'ssues whose soiution is likely to be unproductive,
compared to, other issues that are momentarily out of
the public eye but of vastly greater health
sS,gnificanoe 45
Referen+cess
for
Cigarette
Smoke and
the
Nonsmoker
t~ stetMioia: 3.L., .dor.rs to 010 Matsenal Inwrao.noy eeuneil
ee ,lr*inS .rud IM.IItA fWLLiqten. D.C., 7rrury, ilt, 1971
l
2: U.S. IWlib Nu1tA Swrsoe, LM /MattA ceRft of
~ » A ~ of LM~t ~,~Catia+ /l~rn!`~N
Mia1tA, f+ToatLaft ~ i~a rere,
$-7Sts, 1f72, pp. in'7SS.
3. u13. tiblie /M.11tS S+svle., 'lhulpter 11. IeveliuntAry
leskiwS: s.*s and Mea1Mt MOPOM .r slw .en ~
G~.r.t_ro.oartw.ec ef'$~aT~, ee .~iTie
~ubliaa pr 7lui00if, f97l. pp. 1-41.
t1oft
.. u.S1 N*1le Nn1tA feraee, i'h.pt.r . IurolsoWe7, yAl~irp
w' LYng tanae, iAe NwQ tA ew w.oa' e~ ~t of
~anee~r. A ~R ec eTtr~~u^ .a~~en.r
r
ea- anT'Fian STv~oe.~T"-eafiwi M..(Rn),
82-3017f, 1fU. IIR. 237-2%.
S. Ry1rnMe, Rl, 'fM ltaAvf lhrqaeti!wa,~'S "vl_r~e~_a~_wtal
TeM+ooe lmoloet R rt free o b en Eff.eta a~i --
x aia. ..e2 OTIF."rYT.nd.r ex ,I
/w. , vo1. A5, ifM, Cbnera, 1SppI i. U.S. Pubiltr N.altN Serviee, Report er' ee
R it ffoots_ of urol ~.mr. wia
do. o lel Studlea, ~erprnt ef'MMLth
oes, SreMOeee ;fS', i2 pp.
7. Ste.rrt. R. `TM Effireta N liew Concentratlens of Carbon
MsradNe in Nan,' Envlra.ental Tobaooo S.o1c. Stto~rtr on tM
Mwu..ah.rz R !t~ , ee. ~~.~Ir1Y~0oT --
rrrnt R,1/o ens, 4), pp. SiaZ.
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e. . Sridqe, 0, and M.,Corn, "Contributlon,to~tne Aasessf.ent of
Esqosura of Monsookorr to Air Pollution fror Cigarette and
Ci'qPr S.oua in Oeaqied'SPaees," E'nvieon R_ S{2)r 192-209,
1972.
c
9. Aisd.eaon, C1 and T. 0alha.n, 'IiiPssristerna vid p.ssiti
eokninql('Tho'Ri'sts to M.alKA of PassiNa Slwkinq),w
Lak.rtidnti 70s 2b33-2a3i, 1973. Translation.
10. Rapav, 3. and A. Lo.r.y, "ZiWoor Air Pollution, Tobaoee.
l.o1n, and Pueliie M.altA, Salonc! 200s Ks-M72, 1900.
11. Rpaeo, ]. and A. Lo.eey, Tobaoee Sao1a, Vontillation, and
Indoor Ait Quality," PDesontation before Sy.postun on
V.nt'itatioa and Indoor Air 9uality, sod-anwrt aating of
ASMRAf, Meuston, 3rwry' 2S+ 19A2.
12. SOiM1Veqe1, L., oanreess .n 3. RaPaeo and A. Lowr.y
presentation, 'Taiaooa Smolca, V.ntilatiws, and Lndoor Alr
puality,'Syaooaiue an MMti'latiion and Indeor Air Quality,
sNa-anw.1 ssatiu+q of A5iI11AE, /lwwton, 7anwary23, 1+192..
13. Storlisg, T., oernts on 3. Rpree and A6 Lo.r.y
proaantation, Tobaoos Sas1e.,, Vantilatien, aM Indoor Air
Qualityu' 3lmpsiiur oM Vrntilatios and Indoor A'Lr Ouality,
srsi.anwsl sMttns at ASWAE, Msrat.n, 3warrtr 25, 1962.
1!. /M'qor, C., at atl., '[apeour. of hasi.ro l.ok.rs to ToOaooe
Sio1n Canstiturats,' , nt Arch Oea Envlren M.alRr a2=
21-29, 1976.
15. Mltnds, s. and M. Rlrst, 'Ceno.ntrstions of Rlostino and'
Tosaoar Sstilta in fu6lio Pfaoos: llEnelww ) M.d 292d'tY)a
M"Sa., 1975:
1S: Sidt.+ R., ot al., Ps114tiin AtaoapMeiqur Par 1a Ru.n dA
TMao (A1ts.o/weio Peilution by Slrldn4): 'AMei Plar!L 36
(S-1D)s M3-4S2.1fiS. Traeslatias.
17. As", P., .t al~, 'E@*anoieS IM1uNOt of Grbsn lbnasid.:
on the D.+v.lepwnt N At1+.rartasis is, dr.lost.relLF.d
Rsbbits," 3 AtMr In ?Me: 3+3M, 1967.
tarwttuP,1 3., ot a1., 'Aee.l.ratiws o[ 3P.nt.nasua
IntirlEliisstfarl C1~ps tw RaMtt Aeeu by a Ptrotaqsd
/bNrata CarMn MenrciN I EAOrwni Ata PatAOl NierasLel .
o+r 7S(3)s 3333i2, 11lLf.
Kyaldsan, K., at al.. 'Effoets .! CaeMn Manoadde on
MyoeardivAt Ulltrasteualurol CAMq.s ih Ralelts'After
MaMWata, da*Rts Earrwserr," Zn ft 3As 33f-JW, 1l7a.
1S. Ae.ttaMti A. K., .t al., "IM EfY.et .f C.rMe iNs.aw en
t*s Osnaldwext of AdeMeeoolnwts !n the 1uiN , Carn.ru
Plys@m," Aqwerroll.r, 231 333-33A, 1f7S.
TA.w.er, ]., .t al., 'Taaiwle,lal Ewalustian N Cari.n,
1liratw 1h Narns aM OLtMr /Mralian iraih.," 3 Qoa. wd
131 2A3-2SS, 1971.
1!. MfpRs C., at al. (isMSlulln ,Astry),, 'Effast of CarOon
MwrsiN Epeourr on Asrta i aN'. Cbeawey Intirrt M.Ephaloyy.
ie the Rrllt,' Athoreaeirr 30s 333-3t2, 1l7S.
20. Mqed, C: and P. Astrw, 'Espawirs of Rsbbtts to CarOan
Mawaido and Other Gas POaso Constitwnts of Tosaxo laskr
(Inflwno. on Coeanary, and Aortiie Intlrr,l MsrPAeloqy),
IUwaM aM >tsoMn 122 (SUN. 11)h 1i-2A. 1lW.
