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The American Academy of Pediatrics (Elk Grove Village, Ill) has recommended that pediatricians assess their patients' environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure, but the specific questions most likely to identify children with high ETS exposure are not known. Cotinine is a nicotine metabolite, present in hair, that can be used to quantify months of ETS exposure.
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Sections of Ambulatory Pediatric, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, USA. jgroner@chi.osu.edu
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