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Estimation and comparison of serum cotinine level among individuals with smoking and tobacco chewing habit

Author(s) -

Manoj Prabhakar,

Kavitha Bottu,

B Sivapathasundharam

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_558_18

Subject(s) - cotinine , nicotine , medicine , chewing tobacco , significant difference , habit , analysis of variance , tobacco smoke , physiology , environmental health , psychology , cancer , psychotherapist

The present study was aimed to estimate and compare tobacco exposure in smokers and chewers. The levels of cotinine, one of the constituents of tobacco were considered as indicative of tobacco exposure. Serum Cotinine levels in individuals with the habit of smoking and tobacco chewing were estimated and compared. Base line values of cotinine levels in normal subjects were established.

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