TOBACCO Panacea in the XVI Century and Pathology in the XX Century

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

Sílvia Fraga (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Acta Medica Portuguesa

Vol. 23 Nº 5

Páginas: 243-246

ISSN: 0870-399X

Editora: Ordem dos Medicos

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ID Authenticus: P-003-8CK

Abstract (EN): TOBACCO Panacea in the XVI Century and Pathology in the XX Century Tobacco came to Europe as a plant with curative value. Some physicians from the XVI and XVII centuries impute to the tobacco several therapeutic purposes, and although there were some objections regarding this practice, the idea of tobacco as a panacea prevailed for a long period. In the mid twentieth century its harmful effect on health is established, initially for lung cancer and then for many other diseases. Tobacco is currently one of the modifiable risk factors with the highest number of attributable deaths.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 4