Hair nicotine concentrations in mothers and children in relation to parental smoking

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Nafstad, Per ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,c   Hagen, Jørgen A ^a   Zahlsen, Kolbjørn ^b   Magnus, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Hair; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030946957     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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