Cotinine concentrations in semen, urine, and blood of smokers and nonsmokers.
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 83 (9) , 1335-1338
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.83.9.1335
Abstract
Cotinine levels in the semen, urine, and blood of 88 male smokers and nonsmokers, aged 18 to 35, were analyzed via radioimmunoassay. Detectable 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 were an order of magnitude or more higher. In all three fluids, cotinine levels increased with an increase in cigarette smoke exposure.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- How should urinary cotinine concentrations be adjusted for urinary creatinine concentration?Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry, 1990
- Cotinine in the serum, saliva, and urine of nonsmokers, passive smokers, and active smokers.American Journal of Public Health, 1988
- Elimination of cotinine from body fluids: implications for noninvasive measurement of tobacco smoke exposure.American Journal of Public Health, 1988
- Comparison of tests used to distinguish smokers from nonsmokers.American Journal of Public Health, 1987
- Nicotine and its metabolites. Radioimmunoassays for nicotine and cotinineBiochemistry, 1973