Questionnaire assessments of recent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to salivary cotinine.
Questionnaire assessments of recent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to salivary cotinine.
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对最近接触环境烟草烟雾与唾液可替宁的关系进行问卷评估。
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
24.3
通讯作者:
M. R. Becklake
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作者:
R. Delfino;Pierre Ernst;M. Jaakkola;Scott D. Solomon;M. R. Becklake
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.
影响因子:
8.3
作者:
Haley,NJ;Colosimo,SG;Axelrad,CM;Harris,R;Sepkovic,DW
通讯作者:
Sepkovic,DW