Exhaled carbon monoxide as a marker for evaluating smoking abstinence in a Brazilian population sample

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-40

  Chatkin, Jose ^a,b   Fritscher, Leandro ^a   De Abreu, Carolina ^a   Cavalet Blanco, Daniela ^a   Chatkin, Gustavo ^a   Wagner, Mario ^a   Fritscher, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Carbon monoxide; Likelihood functions; Smoking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33847610564     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00008     Document Type: Article

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