Effects of smoking cessation on biological monitoring markers in urine

Abstract Introduction Urinary nicotine and cotinine levels are often measured as biomarkers for tobacco smoke exposure. However, these biomarkers are not appropriate to evaluate the effects of quitting smoking for several days, because of their short half-lives. In this study, we focused on the chan...

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Main Authors: Yuya Kawasaki, Yun-Shan Li, Yuko Ootsuyama, Kazuhiko Nagata, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuaki Kawai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Genes and Environment
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41021-020-00165-z