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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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tobacco smoke (active smoking)

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Asthma - irritant

Bladder cancer

Breast cancer

Bronchitis - chronic

Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)

Cervical cancer

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerosis

Esophageal cancer

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Immune suppression

Laryngeal cancer

Lung cancer

Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Preterm delivery

Reduced fertility - female (infertility and subfertility)

Renal (kidney) cancer

Stomach cancer

Good Evidence

Abnormal sperm (morphology, motility, and sperm count)

Adult-onset leukemias

Early onset menopause

Hormonal changes (levels of circulating sex hormones - FSH/LH, Inhibin, and/or estrogens, progesterones, androgens, prolactin)

Myelodysplastic syndrome (pre-leukemia)

Osteoporosis

Reduced fertility - male (infertility and subfertility)

Limited Evidence

Hepatocellular cancer (liver cancer)

References

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Cohen SM, Shirai T, Steineck G. Epidemiology and etiology of premalignant and malignant urothelial changes. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum. 2000; 205:105-115.

DeBruin LS, Josephy PD. Perspectives on the chemical etiology of breast cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2002 Feb;110 Suppl 1:119-28.

Greenlee AR, Arbuckle TE, Chyou PH. Risk factors for female infertility in an agricultural region. Epidemiology. 2003; 14(4):429-436.

Hruska KS, Furth PA, Seifer DB, Sharara FI, Flaws JA. Environmental factors in infertility. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2000 Dec;43(4):821-9.

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Li D. Molecular epidemiology of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Journal. 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):259-65.

Loffredo CA. Epidemiology of cardiovascular malformations: prevalence and risk factors. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2000 Winter;97(4):319-25.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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