Serum cotinine as a marker of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in epidemiological studies: The experience of the MATISS project

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-492

  Seccareccia, Fulvia ^a   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^a   Pacifici, R ^a   Meli, P ^a   Pannozzo, Fabio ^b   Freeman, K M ^a   Santaquilani, Augusto ^a   Giampaoli, Simona ^a   De Santis, Patrizia Caiola ^c   Dima, Francesco ^c   Lo Noce, Cinzia ^c   Menditto, Antonio ^c   Minoprio, Anna ^c   Poce, Agata ^c   Vescio, Maria Fenicia ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Health Unit LT4   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Misclassification; Passive smoking; Serum cotinine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0041803257     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024672522802     Document Type: Article

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