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Elevated nicotine levels in cervical lavages from passive smokers.

Author(s) -

Christina Jones,

Mark Schiffman,

R. J. Kurman,

P. Jacob,

Neal L. Benowitz

Publication year - 1991

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.81.3.378

Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine , tobacco smoke , cervix , passive smoking , physiology , environmental health , obstetrics , cancer

One hundred forty-five nonsmokers found to have normal cytologic diagnoses on routine Pap smears were interviewed regarding environmental exposure to tobacco smoke, and a 3 ml saline lavage of the cervix was collected for measurement of cervical nicotine levels by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. Nicotine levels tended to be highest among women exposed to tobacco smoke in the home, intermediate in women exposed only outside the home, and lowest in women recalling no exposure (p = 0.001).

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