Vol.13, No 2, 2006 pp. 119 - 122
UC 613.84-053.2:612.461.1

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DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKING
IN SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH URINE COTININE MEASUREMENTS
Ljiljana Stošić¹, Dragana Nikić², Maja Nikolić², Suzana Milutinović¹, Aleksandra Stanković^2
1Public Health Institute, Niš, Serbia
²University of Niš, School of Medicine, Niš, Serbia
E-mail:  skorpia@bankerinter.net

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Summary. Environmental tobacco smoke has been regarded as one of the most important public health issues. It has been estimated that approximately 700 millions of children in the world are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). In this study parental smoking habits were determined. Then, the relationship between parent-reported estimates of children's exposure to ETS at home and children's urinary cotinine levels ware examined. Urinary cotinine levels were significantly higher in the exposed group than the nonexposed group. This data shows that ETS exposure was prevalent and a combination of a parent-report and biological measures is suggested as the most informative estimate of ETS exposure in children.
Key words: Schoolchildren, urine cotinine, ETS

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ODREĐIVANJE KOTININA U URINU ŠKOLSKE DECE
KAO INDIKATORA IZLOŽENOSTI DUVANSKOM DIMU Kratak sadržaj: Izloženost duvanskom dimu je veoma značajan zdravstveni problem. Približno 700 miliona dece u svetu je izloženo vazduhu zagađenom duvanskim dimom. Sa ciljem da se utvrdi stepen izloženosti školske dece ovom faktoru rizika po zdravlje, najpre su praćene pušačke navike roditelja ispitanika, a zatim je vršeno merenje kotinina u urinu dece. Više vrednosti kotinina su zabeležene u urinu dece koja su u svojim domovima bila izložena duvanskom dimu. Ovaj rad pokazuje da je za preciznije utvrđivanje izloženosti dece ovom faktoru rizika najbolje kombinovati anketiranje i biomonitoring.
Ključne reči:  školska deca, kotinin, duvanski dim