2006
Comparison of parental reports of smoking and residential air nicotine concentrations in children
Gehring U, Leaderer B, Heinrich J, Oldenwening M, Giovannangelo M, Nordling E, Merkel G, Hoek G, Bellander T, Brunekreef B. Comparison of parental reports of smoking and residential air nicotine concentrations in children. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2006, 63: 766. PMID: 16912089, PMCID: PMC2077986, DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir nicotine concentrationsEnvironmental tobacco smokeUrinary cotinine measurementsNicotine concentrationsETS exposureResidential exposureCotinine measurementsPredictive valueAir nicotine levelsUrinary cotinine levelsUrinary cotinine concentrationsChildren's residential exposureQuestionnaire reportsDose-response fashionResidential ETS exposureNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueAir nicotineCotinine levelsCotinine concentrationsSymptomatic childrenOccasional smokersSymptom statusTobacco smokeNicotine levels
1995
Measurement of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Pregnant Women
O'Connor T, Holford T, Leaderer B, Hammond S, Bracken M. Measurement of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Pregnant Women. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1995, 142: 1315-1321. PMID: 7503052, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrine cotinineEnvironmental tobacco smokePregnant womenTobacco smokeWork exposureAir nicotine concentrationsSelf-reported exposurePersonal air monitorsExposure assessment methodsAir nicotineMeasurement of exposureHome exposureCotinineNicotine concentrationsExposure classificationWomenCohen's kappaExposureSpearman rank-order correlation coefficientAir monitorsRank-order correlation coefficientKappaSocial exposureSmokeHigh levels