"Cotinine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The N-glucuronide conjugate of cotinine is a major urinary metabolite of NICOTINE. It thus serves as a biomarker of exposure to tobacco SMOKING. It has CNS stimulating properties.
| Descriptor ID |
D003367
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.773.812.180
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cotinine" by people in Profiles.
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Home asthma triggers: barriers to asthma control in Chicago Puerto Rican children. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 May; 24(2):813-27.
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Tobacco exposure and asthma morbidity in Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Apr; 106(4):346-8.
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A community-based study of tobacco smoke exposure among inner-city children with asthma in Chicago. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Oct; 122(4):754-759.e1.
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Incidence and predictors of screen failures due to positive urine tests for alcohol, drugs of abuse, and cotinine among normal healthy research volunteers (NHRVs): analysis of data from 687 NHRVs screened at a large clinical pharmacology unit in the United States. Am J Ther. 2008 May-Jun; 15(3):214-20.