Urine menthol as a biomarker of mentholated cigarette smoking

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3013-3019

  Benowitz, Neal L ^a   Dains, Katherine M ^a   Dempsey, Delia ^a   Havel, Christopher ^a   Wilson, Margaret ^a   Jacob III, Peyton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOXIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRIDINES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650395108     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0706     Document Type: Article

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