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A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: the correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weightJoe M Braun
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Environ Health 9:53. 2010..The evaluation of infant meconium as a cumulative matrix of prenatal toxicant exposure requires comparison to established biomarkers of prenatal exposure...
Development and validation of sensitive method for determination of serum cotinine in smokers and nonsmokers by liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometryJ T Bernert
Division of Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Chem 43:2281-91. 1997..This method has been applied to the analysis of cotinine in serum samples collected as part of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)...
Urine concentrations of a tobacco-specific nitrosamine carcinogen in the U.S. population from secondhand smoke exposureJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2969-77. 2010..We have measured total NNAL in the U.S. population of tobacco users and nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke...
Interlaboratory comparability of serum cotinine measurements at smoker and nonsmoker concentration levels: a round-robin studyJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1458-66. 2009..Among nonsmokers exposed to SHS, the concentration of cotinine in blood can be quite low, and extensive variability in these measurements has been reported in the past...
Increases in tobacco exposure biomarkers measured in non-smokers exposed to sidestream cigarette smoke under controlled conditionsJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Biomarkers 14:82-93. 2009....
Time course of nicotine and cotinine incorporation into samples of nonsmokers' beard hair following a single dose of nicotine polacrilexJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop F 47, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 35:1-7. 2011..However, both the time-course and extent of deposition of these analytes in beard hair in this study differed from the results reported previously from a similar evaluation...
Calculation of serum "total lipid" concentrations for the adjustment of persistent organohalogen toxicant measurements in human samplesJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30341, United States
Chemosphere 68:824-31. 2007....
Use of continine immunoassay test strips for preclassifying urine samples from smokers and nonsmokers prior to analysis by LC-MS-MSJohn T Bernert
Tobacco Exposure Biomarkers Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 29:814-8. 2005..However, the relatively high cost of the strips may be a limiting factor...
Urinary tobacco-specific nitrosamines and 4-aminobiphenyl hemoglobin adducts measured in smokers of either regular or light cigarettesJohn T Bernert
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:729-38. 2005..Thus the concentrations of the carcinogen biomarkers NNAL and 4-ABP in the smokers who regularly smoked light cigarettes were essentially the same as those in the smokers who chose regular cigarettes...
Analysis of the tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol in urine by extraction on a molecularly imprinted polymer column and liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometryYang Xia
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Anal Chem 77:7639-45. 2005....
Estimates of nondisclosure of cigarette smoking among pregnant and nonpregnant women of reproductive age in the United StatesPatricia M Dietz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:355-9. 2011..Studies and surveillance systems that rely on self-reported smoking status are subject to underestimation of smoking prevalence, especially among pregnant women, and underreporting may vary by demographic characteristics...
Tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) in smokers in the United States: NHANES 2007-2008Yang Xia
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Biomarkers 16:112-9. 2011..001). In addition to addressing current NNK exposure levels, these results will form a baseline for future estimates of tobacco users' exposure to this carcinogen...
Stability of the tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol in urine samples stored at various temperaturesYang Xia
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 34:411-5. 2010..These results suggest that valid NNAL concentrations can be measured in frozen urine samples that have been stored for an extended period of time prior to analysis...
Analysis of 4-aminobiphenyl hemoglobin adducts in smokers and nonsmokers by pseudo capillary on-column gas chromatography- tandem mass spectrometryTiffany H Seyler
Emergency Response and Air Toxicants Branch, Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 34:304-11. 2010..Our study shows that 4-aminobiphenyl Hb adducts remain the preferred biomarker for identifying people exposed to aromatic amines from tobacco smoke...
Effect of differing levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in cigarette smoke on the levels of biomarkers in smokersDavid L Ashley
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1389-98. 2010..Previous studies have shown significant global differences in the levels of TSNAs in cigarette smoke because of the variation in tobacco blending and curing practices around the world...
Effect of body mass index and total blood volume on serum cotinine levels among cigarette smokers: NHANES 1999-2008Ram B Jain
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Clin Chim Acta 411:1063-8. 2010..Body mass index (BMI) and total blood volume are not always considered as variables that affect serum cotinine concentrations...
Non-cigarette tobacco use among women and adverse pregnancy outcomesLucinda J England
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30030, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:454-64. 2010..We highlight research gaps and provide recommendations for a global research agenda...
Sequelae of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in infancy and early childhood among Alaska Native childrenRosalyn J Singleton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Arctic Investigations Program Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
Pediatrics 112:285-90. 2003....
Simultaneous determination of multiple drugs of abuse and relevant metabolites in urine by LC-MS-MSJune Feng
Emergency Response and Air Toxicants Branch, Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 31:359-68. 2007..To evaluate method performance, 108 urine samples were collected anonymously and tested for the presence of these drugs...
Assessment of the relation between biomarkers for smoking and biomarkers for acrylamide exposure in humansHubert W Vesper
Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Northeast MS F 25, Atlanta, GA, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2471-8. 2007..The findings suggest that tobacco smoke exposure in individuals with PC values of <1 ng/mL has only a minimal effect on HbAA and HbGA...
Trends in the exposure of nonsmokers in the U.S. population to secondhand smoke: 1988-2002James L Pirkle
Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:853-8. 2006..Our findings suggest that recent public health efforts to reduce such exposures have had an important effect, although children and non-Hispanic black nonsmokers show relatively higher levels of serum cotinine...
Analysis of 13 fentanils, including sufentanil and carfentanil, in human urine by liquid chromatography-atmospheric-pressure ionization-tandem mass spectrometryLanqing Wang
Emergency Response and Air Toxicants Branch, Division of Laboratory Science, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop F-47, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Anal Toxicol 30:335-41. 2006..This method should be useful for the rapid and sensitive screening of human urine samples for a number of fentanils and their metabolites as indicators of exposure...
Molecular evidence of an interaction between prenatal environmental exposures and birth outcomes in a multiethnic populationFrederica P Perera
Columbia Center for Children s Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue B 109, New York, NY 10032, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:626-30. 2004..This study provides evidence that combined exposure to environmental pollutants at levels currently encountered in New York City adversely affects fetal development...
Carcinogen exposure during short-term switching from regular to "light" cigarettesNeal L Benowitz
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, Box 1220, San Francisco, CA 94143 1220, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1376-83. 2005....
Correlating atmospheric and biological markers in studies of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and dose in children and adultsJames Repace
Tufts University School of Medicine, and Repace Associates Inc, 101 Felicia Lane, Bowie, MD 20720, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:181-94. 2006..We sought to directly compare secondhand smoke (SHS) atmospheric markers to each other and to SHS dosimetric biomarkers, permitting intercomparison of clinical and atmospheric studies...
Analysis of cotinine in dried blood spots by LC APCI tandem mass spectrometryConnie S Sosnoff
Clin Chim Acta 388:228-9. 2008
High levels of transdermal nicotine exposure produce green tobacco sickness in Latino farmworkersThomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:315-21. 2003..Treatment of GTS must address nicotine poisoning. GTS affects laborers with limited resources. Research must disclose the extent of this occupational illness and investigate ways to prevent it...
Environmental tobacco smoke and pregnancy outcomeMartin Kharrazi
Genetic Disease Branch, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, California 94804, USA
Epidemiology 15:660-70. 2004..However, the threshold and magnitude of that effect is uncertain. We aimed to determine the magnitude and shape of the relations between ETS and various adverse pregnancy outcomes using a highly sensitive biochemical assay...
Prenatal smoking and alterations in newborn heart rate during transitionJan Sherman
University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 31:680-7. 2002..To evaluate the effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure on newborn heart rate following the physiologic challenge of birth...
Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in pregnant women: the association between self-report and serum cotinineGerald N DeLorenze
Public Health Institute, Berkeley, California, USA
Environ Res 90:21-32. 2002..quot; Since there is recent evidence that low levels of ETS exposure result in unfavorable pregnancy outcomes, these studies have underestimated the effect of ETS...
Changes in nicotine intake and cigarette use over time in two nationally representative cross-sectional samples of smokersRICHARD J O'CONNOR
Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:750-9. 2006..In addition, these data are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the remaining population of smokers is becoming more dependent on nicotine over time...
Measuring secondhand smoke exposure in children: an ecological measurement approachGeorg E Matt
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4611, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:156-75. 2008..Behavioral, environmental, and biological measures of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are reviewed with special consideration of medically at-risk children...
