Specificity of salivary thiocyanate as marker of cigarette smoking is not affected by alimentary sources

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 184-185

  Galanti, Laurence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOCYANATE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031012069     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.1.184     Document Type: Article

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