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Assessment of smoking status based on cotinine levels in nasal lavage fluid

Cotinine is a principal metabolite of nicotine with a substantially longer half-life, and cotinine levels in saliva, urine or serum are widely used to validate self-reported smoking status. The nasal cavity and olfactory system are directly exposed to tobacco smoke in smokers and in non-smokers who...

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Autores principales: Ozdener, Mehmet Hakan, Yee, Karen K, McDermott, Ryan, Cowart, Beverly J, Vainius, Aldona A, Dalton, Pamela, Rawson, Nancy E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19575799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-5-11