Items for "environmental tobacco smoke"

Plasma, salivary and urinary cotinine in non-smoker Italian women exposed and unexposed to environmental tobacco smoking (SEASD study)

Background: The aim of this study was to compare cotinine determinations in three biological fluids for assessing environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in female non-smokers (n=1605) in Italy.

Methods: Information about ETS exposure at home, in the workplace, and in other places within the previous week was collected via questionnaire...

Keywords: cotinine, environmental tobacco smoke, epidemiological study, questionnaires, self-reported exposure