Passive exposure to tobacco smoke: hair nicotine levels in preschool children
| Autor: | Irena Brčić, Vladimira Vadjić, Nataša Kalinić, Ljiljana Skender, Višnja Karačić |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Levin, Hal, Bendy, Gina |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Nicotine Passive smoking Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Physiology Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Tobacco smoke Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Air pollutants medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans environmental tobacco smoke hair nicotine levels preschool children Child Reference standards biology integumentary system business.industry Indoor environment air pollutants General Medicine Passive Exposure Reference Standards biology.organism_classification Pollution Biological materials Child Preschool Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution sense organs business Cabello medicine.drug Hair |
| Popis: | Hair nicotine levels were measured in children to establish the utility of the method in assessing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). All 33 children (22 girls and 11 boys), aged five to seven, were recruited from a kindergarten in Zagreb, Croatia. Parents were asked to fill in a questionnaire the purpose of which was to indicate the degree of ETS exposure. Nicotine in the hair was measured using Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Hair nicotine levels ranged from below the detection limit ( |
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