Optimal serum cotinine levels for distinguishing cigarette smokers and nonsmokers within different racial/ethnic groups in the United States between 1999 and 2004

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-248

  Benowitz, Neal L ^a,b   Bernert, John T ^c   Caraballo, Ralph S ^d   Holiday, David B ^e   Wang, Jiantong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Continental population groups; Cotinine; Mexican Americans; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALKALOID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 58449088706     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn301     Document Type: Article

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