cotinine biomarker_for tobacco use
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Evidence (3 sources)
Genetic polymorphisms in 15q25 and 19q13 loci, cotinine levels, and risk of lung cancer in EPIC.
(2011)
PMID:21862624
cited
biomarkers of tobacco exposure (e.g. cotinine)
confidence: 0.90
Genetics and beyond--the transcriptome of human monocytes and disease susceptibility.
(2010)
PMID:20502693
cited
cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine used as a marker of tobacco exposure.
confidence: 0.98
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta2 subunit gene implicated in a systems-based candidate gene study of smoking cessation.
(2008)
PMID:18593715
cited
Cotinine ... making it the preferred biomarker for tobacco use.
confidence: 0.95