Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serum Cotinine Levels of Cigarette Smokers
Article Abstract:
Black smokers appear to have higher blood levels of cotinine than other races. Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine and can be used as a marker of exposure to tobacco smoke. Researchers measured blood cotinine levels in 7,182 people participating in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991. Over 2,000 had smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last 5 days. Blood cotinine levels were substantially higher in black smokers than in white or Mexican American smokers regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serum Cotinine Levels of Cigarette Smokers
Article Abstract:
Black smokers appear to have higher blood levels of cotinine than other races. Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine and can be used as a marker of exposure to tobacco smoke. Researchers measured blood cotinine levels in 7,182 people participating in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991. Over 2,000 had smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last 5 days. Blood cotinine levels were substantially higher in black smokers than in white or Mexican American smokers regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serum Cotinine Levels of Cigarette Smokers
Article Abstract:
Black smokers appear to have higher blood levels of cotinine than other races. Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine and can be used as a marker of exposure to tobacco smoke. Researchers measured blood cotinine levels in 7,182 people participating in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991. Over 2,000 had smoked at least 1 cigarette in the last 5 days. Blood cotinine levels were substantially higher in black smokers than in white or Mexican American smokers regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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