Utility and cutoff value of hair nicotine as a biomarker of long-term tobacco smoke exposure, compared to salivary cotinine

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8368-8382

  Kim, Sungroul ^a   Apelberg, Benjamin J ^b   Avila Tang, Erika ^b   Hepp, Lisa ^b   Yun, Dongmin ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^c   Breysse, Patrick N ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cutoff value; Hair nicotine; Salivary cotinine

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

BIOMARKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIR; SALIVA; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SALIVA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COTININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SALIVA; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921827058     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110808368     Document Type: Article

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