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8224124

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
The increasing evidence of the ill-health effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has prompted the search for accurate measures of exposure to ETS. The present study examined whether it was possible to enhance the ability of questionnaire-derived assessments of ETS exposure, to predict salivary cotinine. Salivary samples were obtained from 258 nonsmoking bank employees, who simultaneously answered questions detailing their exposure to second-hand smoke within the last three days. Exposure models were created, to take into account the number of smokers nearby, length of time in their presence, half-life of cotinine in bodily fluids, level of aversion to cigarette smoke and time of year. All models, including the consideration of intensity and duration of exposure combined, explained an equal amount of variance of log cotinine levels (approximately 16%). The weak relationship between questionnaire estimates of ETS exposure and cotinine, found in the present study, suggests that further investigation is needed to improve the assessment of recent ETS exposure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0903-1936
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1104-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Questionnaire assessments of recent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to salivary cotinine.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't