Measurement of passive smoking in adults: Self-reported questionnaire or serum cotinine?

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-95

  Chen, R ^a   Tavendale, R ^a   Tunstall Pedoe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; Epidemiological methodology; Scottish MONICA; Self reported ETS questionnaire; Serum cotinine; Validation study

Indexed keywords

COTININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COTININE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0036368162     PISSN: 14766647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147666502321082746     Document Type: Article

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