"Tars" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Viscous materials composed of complex, high-molecular-weight compounds derived from the distillation of petroleum or the destructive distillation of wood or coal. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.749
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tars" by people in Profiles.
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Bubbling hookah smoke through heat-solubilized curcumin/turmeric and incorporation of the curry spice as an additive or filter in cigarettes to minimize tobacco smoke-related toxicants. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Sep; 73(3):462-3.
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Policy and health implications of using the U.S. Food and Drug Administration product design approach in reducing tobacco product risk. Curr Drug Abuse Rev. 2008 Jun; 1(2):135-41.
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Cigarette smoke-induced proinflammatory alterations in the endothelial phenotype: role of NAD(P)H oxidase activation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jan; 292(1):H130-9.