Risk of secondhand smoke exposure and severity of COVID-19 infection: multicenter case-control study

• Main Authors: Surekha Kishore (Author), Vandana Shah (Author), Om Prakash Bera (Author), U. Venkatesh (Author), Rakesh Kakkar (Author), Pradeep Aggarwal (Author), Pankaj Bhardwaj (Author), C. M. Singh (Author), Chetna Maliye (Author), Suneela Garg (Author), Geetha R. Menon (Author), Puneet Misra (Author), Shival Kishore Verma (Author), The COVID SHS Study Group (Author), D.K. Srivastava (Author), Anuj Mundra (Author), Amey Dhatrak (Author), Mahendra Singh Gehlot (Author), Yogesh Bahurupi (Author), Santosh Kumar Nirala (Author), Mahendra Pratap Singh (Author), Arvind Kumar Jaiswal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is an established causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic lung disease. Numerous studies have evaluated the role of tobacco in COVID-19 infection, severity, and mortality but missed the opportunity to assess the role of SHS. Ther...