Environmental tobacco smoke and urinary cotinine in a group of adolescents

Bono, Roberto; Arossa, W; Russo, Roberto; Scursatone, E; Castello, D; Gilli, Giorgio

doi:10.1080/10934529409376121

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“…The specimen jars were filled with the first urine of the morning, the second day of the procedure. Methodology of cotinine analysis and quality control is published elsewhere (Bono, 1994(Bono, , 1996. Urinary cotinine was quantified by comparison to a curve obtained by standard additions of cotinine to urine of a nonsmoker treated in the same way.…”

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confidence: 99%

Tobacco Smoke Habits in a Group of Adolescents: Responsibility of the Cohabitants in the Active and Passive Exposure

Bono

Arossa²,

Scursatone

et al. 1997

Environmental Research

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Tobacco Smoke Habits in a Group of Adolescents: Responsibility of the Cohabitants in the Active and Passive Exposure

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Arossa²,

Scursatone

et al. 1997

Environmental Research

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“…These measurements lasted 24 hr and concerned only personal air in relation to the intensity of smoking habits of the students and their parents and cohabitants; these data were obtained by means of a questionnaire validated by comparison to urinary cotinine. Methodology and further details of this epidemiological sample have been published elsewhere (17,18 Precision of the analysis was determined by analyzing an environmental sample 20 times; the sample was collected by the active method. The mean results referred to toluene were: 14.4 pg/m3, SD = 0.6 pg/m, and coefficient of variation = 4.9%.…”

Section: Experimental Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These levels of exposure to tobacco smoke were established by questionnaires validated by urinary cotinine (17,18).…”

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Geographical distribution of benzene in air in northwestern Italy and personal exposure.

Gilli

Scursatone²,

Bono³

1996

Environ Health Perspect

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Benzene is a solvent strictly related to some industrial activities and to automotive emissions. After the reduction in lead content of fuel gasoline, and the consequent decrease in octane number, an increase in benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons in gasoline occurred. Therefore, an increase in the concentration of these chemicals in the air as primary pollutants and as precursors of photochemical smog could occur in the future. The objectives of this study were to describe the benzene air pollution at three sites in northwestern Italy throughout 1991 and 1994; to examine the relationship between benzene air pollution in indoor, outdoor, and personal air as measured by a group of nonsmoking university students; and to determine the influence of environmental tobacco smoke on the level of benzene exposure in indoor air environments. The results indicate a direct relationship between population density and levels of contamination; an indoor/outdoor ratio of benzene air pollution higher than 1 during day and night; a similar level of personal and indoor air contamination; and a direct relationship between levels of personal exposure to benzene and intensity of exposure to tobacco smoke. Human exposure to airborne benzene has been found to depend principally on indoor air contamination not only in the home but also in many other confined environments.

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