Parental smoking behavior and the urinary cotinine levels of asthmatic children

Bahceciler N., Barlan I., Nuhoglu Y., Basaran M.

JOURNAL OF ASTHMA, cilt.36, sa.2, ss.171-175, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/02770909909056314
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ASTHMA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.171-175
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

To determine whether parental reports of smoking habits and modifications in smoking behavior are associated with urinary cotinine levels (UCLs), UCLs were measured in 77 asthmatic children. Parental reports and UCLs agreed for 58 of the 77 children (75%). Although UCLs of children whose parents smoked indoors and outdoors were significantly higher than UCLs of children whose parents did not smoke (p < 0.0001, p < 0.002, respectively), there was no statistically significant difference between the UCLs of children whose parents smoked indoors and outdoors (p = 0.286). We concluded that encouraging smoking parents of asthmatic children to smoke outdoors may not be an effective way to lessen exposure.