Utility and Cutoff Value of Hair Nicotine as a Biomarker of Long-Term Tobacco Smoke Exposure, Compared to Salivary Cotinine

Utility and Cutoff Value of Hair Nicotine as a Biomarker of Long-Term Tobacco Smoke Exposure, Compared to Salivary Cotinine

While hair samples are easier to collect and less expensive to store and transport than biological fluids, and hair nicotine characterizes tobacco exposure over a longer time period than blood or urine cotinine, information on its utility, compared with salivary cotinine, is still limited. We conduc...

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Main Authors: Sungroul Kim, Benjamin J. Apelberg, Erika Avila-Tang, Lisa Hepp, Dongmin Yun, Jonathan M. Samet, Patrick N. Breysse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-08-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
biomarker
hair nicotine
salivary cotinine
cutoff value
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/8/8368

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