SAN DIEGO, California — Plasma and urinary cotinine measures predict poor outcome in renal transplant recipients in a dose-dependent fashion, researchers reported here at Kidney Week 2012: American ...

Parental smoking behavior at home and sociodemographic variables may influence exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in children. A sample of 115 preschool children aged 3–6 years was enrolled ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High urinary levels of cotinine appeared associated with a fourfold increased risk for recurrence of nonmuscle ...

Older adults who smoke tobacco and have higher levels of cotinine, a biomarker that shows tobacco exposure, have higher chances of pre-frailty and frailty, a new study finds. Helping older adults ...

Human health effects caused by direct and passive smoking are a potential public health problem. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) contains many toxic substances not otherwise present in indoor air ...

Introduction: This analysis describes urinary cotinine levels of North Carolina Latino farmworkers, compares cotinine levels of farmworkers to those of Latinos non-farmworkers, determines factors ...

Objective: African-American children have higher rates of tobacco-associated morbidity. Few studies have objectively measured racial differences in the exposure of children to tobacco smoke. The ...

Nicotine itself could clear from your body in a few hours, but its byproduct can linger for days or weeks. Most nicotine tests detect cotinine, which can show up in urine, saliva, blood, hair, and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We examined the prevalence and level of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure using urine cotinine levels in children and three types of ...

People who smoke their first cigarette within minutes after waking up have much higher levels of cotinine, a by-product of nicotine when processed by the body, than those who wait to smoke, regardless ...

A new biomarker has identified known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke and confirmed a strong association to increased mortality in non-smokers, according to a new study. The results provide a ...

Thirdhand smoke lingers in homes and may expose children to toxic substances even without active smoking. Biomarker testing revealed tobacco exposure in all children studied, despite 60% of caregivers ...