Hair as a biomarker for exposure to tobacco smoke

This article provides an overview of the hair nicotine biomarker for assessment of exposure to tobacco smoke, with emphasis on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Measurement of nicotine in hair can be an informative tool for research looking at ETS and related illnesses. There are still unresolved i...

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Published in:Tobacco control 2002-09, Vol.11 (3), p.176-182
Main Author: Al-Delaimy, W K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advantages
biomarker
Biomarkers
Biomarkers - analysis
Children & youth
Childrens health
Chromatography
Cigarettes
cotinine
Cotinine - analysis
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Epidemiology
Exposure
Growth rate
Hair
Hair - chemistry
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Hospitals
Humans
Laboratories
Mothers
Newborn babies
Nicotine
Nicotine - analysis
Passive smoking
Physiological aspects
Physiology
Reproducibility of Results
Review
Smoking
Studies
Tobacco
Tobacco smoke
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - adverse effects
Tobacco Smoke Pollution - analysis
Urine
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Summary:This article provides an overview of the hair nicotine biomarker for assessment of exposure to tobacco smoke, with emphasis on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Measurement of nicotine in hair can be an informative tool for research looking at ETS and related illnesses. There are still unresolved issues in relation to this biomarker such as influence of hair treatment, hair colour, and growth rate on nicotine levels in hair, which need to be addressed in order to further refine this biomarker for exposure assessment. Nevertheless, hair nicotine promises to be a valid and reliable measure of longer term exposure that can be readily applied in epidemiological studies of exposure to tobacco smoke, and more specifically ETS, and its risk to health.
ISSN:0964-4563
1468-3318
DOI:10.1136/tc.11.3.176