COTININE CONCENTRATIONS IN SEMEN, URINE, AND BLOOD OF SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS

Authors
VINE MF HULKA BS MARGOLIN BH TRUONG YK HU PC SCHRAMM MM GRIFFITH JD MCCANN M EVERSON RB
Citation
Mf. Vine et al., COTININE CONCENTRATIONS IN SEMEN, URINE, AND BLOOD OF SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS, American journal of public health, 83(9), 1993, pp. 1335-1338
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
American journal of public health → ACNP
ISSN journal
00900036
Volume
83
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1335 - 1338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-0036(1993)83:9<1335:CCISUA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Cotinine levels in the semen, urine, and blood of 88 male smokers and nonsmokers, aged 18 to 35, were analyzed via radioimmunoassay. Detecta ble cotinine levels were found in all three body fluids, and cotinine levels in all three fluids were highly correlated. Cotinine levels in semen and blood were of similar magnitude; cotinine levels in urine we re an order of magnitude or more higher. In all three fluids, cotinine levels increased with an increase in cigarette smoke exposure.