Al-Delaimy W K
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Tob Control. 2002 Sep;11(3):176-82. doi: 10.1136/tc.11.3.176.
This article provides an overview of the hair nicotine biomarker for assessment of exposure to tobacco smoke, with emphasis on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Measurement of nicotine in hair can be an informative tool for research looking at ETS and related illnesses. There are still unresolved issues in relation to this biomarker such as influence of hair treatment, hair colour, and growth rate on nicotine levels in hair, which need to be addressed in order to further refine this biomarker for exposure assessment. Nevertheless, hair nicotine promises to be a valid and reliable measure of longer term exposure that can be readily applied in epidemiological studies of exposure to tobacco smoke, and more specifically ETS, and its risk to health.
本文概述了用于评估接触烟草烟雾的毛发尼古丁生物标志物,重点是环境烟草烟雾(ETS)。毛发中尼古丁的测量对于研究ETS及相关疾病可能是一种有用的工具。关于这种生物标志物仍存在一些未解决的问题,例如毛发处理、头发颜色和生长速度对毛发中尼古丁水平的影响,为了进一步完善这种用于暴露评估的生物标志物,这些问题需要得到解决。尽管如此,毛发尼古丁有望成为一种有效且可靠的长期暴露测量指标,可轻易应用于烟草烟雾暴露,更具体地说是ETS暴露及其健康风险的流行病学研究中。