Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Serum Cotinine in a Random Sample of Adults Living in Verona, Italy

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-359

  Olivieri, Mario ^a   Poli, Albino ^a   Marco, Roberto De ^a   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^b   Ferrari, Marcello ^a   Lampronti, Guido ^a   Cascio, Vincenzo Lo ^a   Pacifici, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

European community respiratory health survey; Serum cotinine; Tobacco smoke exposure

Indexed keywords

COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SMOKING HABIT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036664566     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209601421     Document Type: Article

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