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Vol. 2 - 44.1-44.30 (Printed Version) - Tabl* 44.9

Indoor Air Quality

TOBACCO SMOKE

Urinary cotinine in non-smokers according to the number of reported hours of exposure
to other people’s tobacco smoke within the previous seven days

Duration of exposure

Quintile

Limits (hrs)

Number

Urinary cotinine (mean ± SD)
(ng/ml)
a

1st

0.0-1.5

43

2.8±3.0

2nd

1.5-4.5

47

3.4±2.7

3rd

4.5-8.6

43

5.3±4.3

4th

8.6-20.0

43

14.7±19.5

5th

20.0-80.0

45

29.6±73.7

All

0.0-80.0

221

11.2±35.6

a Trend with increasing exposure was significant (p<0.001).

Source: Based on Wald et al. 1984.

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Updated by AS. Approved by JT. Last modification: 1 July 2002.