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Measuring Infant Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

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  • Mary Beth Flanders Stepans

    (University of Wyoming)

  • Sara G. Fuller

    (University of South Carolina)

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Methods to measure infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) are needed to identify infants at highest risk for ETS-related health problems. The purpose of this study was to validate measures sensitive to changes in levels of infant exposure to ETS and to develop a predictive model of infant exposure to ETS. Fifteen infants of smoking mothers were followed from birth to 6 weeks of age. Exposure to ETS was measured by using a smoking habits questionnaire, cigarette “butt†collection, infant urine nicotine and cotinine levels, and ambient nicotine (personal air monitors). The 24-hour cigarette butt collection was the best predictor of acute (adjusted r2 = .83) and chronic exposure (adjusted r2 = .47) measured by infant urinary nicotine and cotinine levels when the infants were 2 weeks of age. Including scores on the smoking habits questionnaire and ambient nicotine levels increased the adjusted r2 to .88 and .61, respectively.

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  • Mary Beth Flanders Stepans & Sara G. Fuller, 1999. "Measuring Infant Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 8(3), pages 198-221, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:8:y:1999:i:3:p:198-221
    DOI: 10.1177/10547739922158269
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