Open AccessAssessment of cotinine in urine and saliva of smokers, passive smokers, and nonsmokers: Method validation using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Priyamvada Sharma,
Niharika Sane,
Shravanthi Daphne Anand,
P Marimutthu,
Vivek Benegal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_61_18
Subject(s) - cotinine , urine , saliva , nicotine , passive smoking , tobacco smoke , chromatography , metabolite , medicine , chemistry , physiology , environmental health
Self-report does not provide complete information about tobacco smoke exposure among users and is not relevant for secondhand exposure detection. Biochemical screening for primary metabolite of nicotine would be useful to validate the smoking status and exposure to secondhand smoke.