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. 2018 Jun 1;15(6):1156.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061156.

ETS Exposure and PAH Body Burden in Nonsmoking Italian Adults

Laura Campo  1 , Elisa Polledri  2 , Petra Bechtold  3 , Giulia Gatti  4 , Giulia Quattrini  5 , Luca Olgiati  6 , Michael Romolo  7 , Andrea Ranzi  8 , Paolo Lauriola  9 , Giuliano Carrozzi  10 , Silvia Fustinoni  11
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ETS Exposure and PAH Body Burden in Nonsmoking Italian Adults

Laura Campo et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Active smoking is associated with increased body burden of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); the aim of this study was to assess whether environmental tobacco smoking (ETS) increases the internal dose of PAHs. In 344 nonsmoking Italian adults, out of 497 individuals selected as representative of the population of the town of Modena, ETS exposure was evaluated by a self-administered questionnaire and by the measurement of urinary cotinine (COT-U). PAH exposure was assessed by the measurement of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHPYR) and of ten urinary PAHs. In all subjects, median (5th⁻95th percentile) COT-U was 0.47 (.

Keywords: 1-hydroxypyrene; environmental tobacco smoke; human biomonitoring; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; urinary cotinine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.

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