Open AccessCorrelation of Cotinine Levels with Use of Smokeless Tobacco (Mishri) among Pregnant Women and Anthropometry of Newborn
Author(s) -
Praveen Ganganahalli,
Asha Pratinidhi,
Arun T. Patil,
Satish V. Kakade
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23340.9534
Subject(s) - cotinine , smokeless tobacco , medicine , anthropometry , pregnancy , nicotine , obstetrics , chewing tobacco , low birth weight , physiology , environmental health , tobacco use , biology , population , cancer , genetics
'Smokeless tobacco' is the term used for the tobacco that is consumed in un-burnt form and it can be used orally or nasally. Cotinine, a nicotine metabolite, is used to quantify exposure to tobacco, which readily gains access to foetal circulation. Cotinine is invariably found in coelomic, amniotic and foetal serum when maternal serum cotinine levels exceed 25ng/ml.