Hair nicotine/cotinine concentrations as a method of monitoring exposure to tobacco smoke among infants and adults

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-265

  Tzatzarakis, M N ^a   Vardavas, C I ^b   Terzi, I ^a   Kavalakis, M ^a   Kokkinakis, M ^a   Liesivuori, J ^c   Tsatsakis, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; cotinine; hair; infant; LC MS; nicotine; secondhand exposure; validity

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NICOTINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84861048040     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327111422401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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