How low should you go? Determining the optimal cutoff for exhaled carbon monoxide to confirm smoking abstinence when using cotinine as reference

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1348-1355

  Cropsey, Karen L ^a   Trent, Lindsay R ^b   Clark, Charles B ^a   Stevens, Erin N ^c   Lahti, Adrienne C ^a   Hendricks, Peter S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXHALATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RACE; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; URINE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84909947745     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu085     Document Type: Article

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