Optimal cut-point of salivary cotinine concentration to discriminate smoking status in the adult population in Barcelona;Punto de corte óptimo de la concentración de cotinina en saliva para discriminar entre fumadores y no fumadores en la población adulta de Barcelona

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-505

  Martínez Sánchez, Jose M ^a,b   Fu, Marcela ^a,b   Ariza, Carles ^c,d   López, María J ^c,d   Saltó, Esteve ^b,e   Pascual, José A ^f,g   Schiaffino, Anna ^h   Borràs, Josep M ^a,b   Peris, Mercè ^a   Agudo, Antonio ^a   Nebot, Manel ^c,d,f   Fernández, Esteve ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^g INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^h Ajuntament de Terrassa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cotinine; Cut off point; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Smoking; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450224261     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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