Evaluation of urinary btex, nicotine, and cotinine as biomarkers of airborne pollutants in nonsmokers and smokers

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1133-1136

  Brajenović, Nataša ^a   Karačonji, Irena Brčić ^a   Bulog, Aleksandar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COTININE; ETHYLBENZENE; NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EXHAUST GAS; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIOMARKERS; COTININE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; SMOKING; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOLUENE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; XYLENES;

EID: 84944152568     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2015.1066286     Document Type: Article

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