| Document ID (ISN) | 100795 |
| CIS number |
02-1791 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1529-8663 - AIHA Journal |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pendergrass S.M., Krake A.M., Jaycox L.B. |
| Title |
Development of a versatile method for the detection of nicotine in air |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 2000, Vol.61, No.4, p.469-472. Illus. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
Nicotine is present in environmental tobacco smoke and is used as a greenhouse insecticide. Exposure to nicotine can result in adverse health effects as nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, tachycardia, hypertension, convulsions and cardiac arrhythmia. This paper describes the development of an improved sampling and analytical methodology for nicotine, capable of accommodating the wide spread of nicotine levels and sampling requirements necessary to evaluate exposures among diverse occupational groups such as casino workers, airline flight attendants or greenhouse employees. A XAD-4 sorbent tube was selected for the collection of airborne nicotine. Analytical methodology for the separation, identification and quantification of nicotine by gas chromatography followed by either flame ionization detection or by nitrogen and phosphorous detection is described. This new method was published in the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
nicotine; aircraft; determination in air; health hazards; horticulture; casinos |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
smoking; insecticides; sorbents; gas chromatography; sampling and analysis; flame photometry; description of technique; exposure evaluation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
Heterocyclic compounds
Air transportation
Entertainment services and sports
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