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A study of carboxyhaemoglobin levels of cigarette and sheesha smokers in Saudi Arabia.

Author(s) -

F M Zahran,

Adel Yousef,

M H Baig

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.7.722

Subject(s) - evening , medicine , carboxyhemoglobin , cigarette smoking , smoke , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , astronomy , carbon monoxide , catalysis

A single carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) estimation of late evening blood sample among non-smokers, cigarette smokers, and sheesha smokers was evaluated among Saudis. The COHb level in smokers of 15 to 40 cigarettes a day ranged between 0.7 and 10.3 with a mean value of 6.1 +/- 2.58 COHb. Values among sheesha smokers ranged between 6.5 and 13.9 with a mean value of 8.8 +/- 1.83, significantly higher than those of cigarette smokers (P less than 0.001) for a given degree of exposure to tobacco smoke.

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