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Detection of cotinine in neonate meconium as a marker for nicotine exposure in utero.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16201714     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Neonate meconium cotinine level was evaluated as a marker of prenatal exposure to nicotine from tobacco smoking by mothers. Mothers admitted to a maternity hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, were divided into 3 groups: 10 active smokers, 10 passive smokers and 10 with no tobacco exposure during pregnancy. Urine and saliva samples were collected from mothers and first-day meconium samples from their neonates. Mean maternal urinary cotinine levels, measured using radioimmunoassay, differed significantly between the 3 groups, as did mean salivary cotinine and mean cotinine levels in meconium. There was a significant positive correlation between cotinine levels in meconium and both maternal urinary and salivary cotinine levels. Meconium is an ideal biological marker for testing direct fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in the neonatal period.
Authors:
N A Sherif; S M Kamel; O S Al-Ashkar; O A Sharaki; E A Seif; E A Hegazy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1020-3397     ISO Abbreviation:  East. Mediterr. Health J.     Publication Date:    2004 Jan-Mar
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-10-05     Completed Date:  2005-11-08     Revised Date:  2009-11-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9608387     Medline TA:  East Mediterr Health J     Country:  Egypt    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  96-105     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Biological Markers / analysis,  metabolism
Birth Weight
Case-Control Studies
Cotinine / analysis*,  urine
Egypt
Female
Fetal Hypoxia / etiology
Hospitals, University
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal-Fetal Exchange*
Meconium / chemistry*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis*,  metabolism
Questionnaires
Radioimmunoassay
Saliva / chemistry
Smoking* / adverse effects,  metabolism
Tobacco Smoke Pollution* / adverse effects,  analysis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biological Markers; 0/Tobacco Smoke Pollution; 486-56-6/Cotinine

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