Abstract：
OBJECTIVES:To evaluate NicAlert immunoassay test strips and liquid chromatography atmospheric-pressure ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) for the measurement of saliva cotinine levels in pregnant Alaska Native women. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. METHODS:Pregnant women completed a questionnaire about their tobacco use during pregnancy and that of others in the same household. Saliva samples were collected and tested using LC/MS/ MS and NicAlert immunoassay test strips. RESULTS:Seventy-one women participated; 18 reported using tobacco products during pregnancy. Sixteen women reported smoking within the last 7 days of the interview. Median cotinine concentrations in the women who reported smoking in the last 7 days were 94.5 ng/mL using LC/MS/MS (N = 13) and 87.5 ng/mL using NicAlert (N = 11). Twenty-two women reported that they did not use tobacco and had no exposure to secondhand smoke. Median cotinine concentrations among those with no reported exposure to secondhand smoke were 0.0605 ng/mL using LC/MS/MS (N = 18) and 4.38 ng/mL using NicAlert (N = 17). CONCLUSION:NicAlert strips can be used to quickly distinguish between users and nonusers of tobacco, but they are not adequately sensitive to detect and quantify lower concentrations of cotinine among nonsmokers with secondhand exposure. A more sensitive method such as LC/MS/MS is required for that purpose.
journal_name
Int J Circumpolar Healthjournal_title
International journal of circumpolar healthauthors
Helzer LJ,Heitkamp KM,Shein M,Etzel RAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-01 00:00:00pages
29-38eissn
1239-9736issn
2242-3982pii
70journal_volume
66 Suppl 1pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Several European and North American studies have reported associations between cold temperatures and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system. However, the effects of cold vary between the settings warranting further research in other parts of the world. OBJECTIVES:To study associations between tem...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19769
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1991 and 1992, changes were made to the rate structure and eligibility requirements of the Northern Air Stage Program. To determine the effect of these changes on the affordability of a nutritious diet, food price surveys were conducted in 20 isolated communities, staging points, and selected southern cities and us...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Iceland is sparsely populated but social justice and equity has been emphasised within healthcare. The aim of the study is to examine healthcare services in Fjallabyggð, in rural northern Iceland, from users' perspective and evaluate social justice, access and quality of healthcare in an age of austerity. Mixed-method...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/22423982.2017.1347476
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare European (ECSC) and Finnish reference values for single-breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL(CO)). STUDY DESIGN:Finnish reference values for DL(CO), specific diffusing capacity (DL(CO)/VA) and total lung capacity (TLC) were compared with ECSC reference values calculated for different...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v66i5.18316
更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Thyroid hormones are important for metabolic regulation. A number of studies have dealt with the effect of arctic living on thyroid hormone secretion and metabolism in healthy animals and humans. Little is however known of the effect of arctic living on the occurrence of thyroid diseases. In a study from Upernavik, Gr...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate how commonly child-psychiatric inpatients have experienced and seen violence, and whether children with developmental disorders are at an increased risk for such traumatic events. METHODS:The sample consisted of 41 patients, 29 boys and 12 girls, with a m...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v61i0.17502
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report on a participatory research process in southwest Alaska focusing on youth involvement as a means to facilitate health promotion. We propose youth-guided community-based participatory research (CBPR) as way to involve young people in health promotion and prevention strategizing as part of translatio...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18413
更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related conditions varies by population groups. Indigenous women of the circumpolar north are believed to be at high risk of obesity. OBJECTIVE:We studied, first the obesity prevalence in indigenous Arctic women, Nenets, compared to urban Russian women. Second, the asso...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v73.23859
更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20974
更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Drawing on census data and psychiatric hospital records, this paper examines the impact of rapid socioeconomic change on the mental health of residents in Northwestern Ontario resource-dependent communities. This research investigates whether residents in economically growing and declining communities experience more ...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the current status of health care access and utilization among Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. METHODS:A systematic search and critical review of relevant studies using online searches of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, M...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.3402/ijch.v66i3.18254
更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v70i2.17803
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In Finland, children spend a lot of time outdoors in winter. Outdoor recreation in winter has a wide variety of effects on children's well-being. Although children are a subgroup that is vulnerable to cold exposure, remarkably little research has been done on the subject. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/22423982.2017.1298883
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/22423982.2019.1571381
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
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更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v69i3.17622
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) has made gonorrhoea control and treatment more complex globally. In Greenland, the incidence of gonorrhoea is high and there is a need for continued surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility.This study investigated gonococcal isolates obtained in Greenland's ca...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/22423982.2018.1557975
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a dearth of literature to guide the development of community-based HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and sexual health promotion programs within Inuit communities. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to create a dialogue with Inuit women to address the lack of information avai...
journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v75.32135
更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21186
更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v70i5.17860
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3402/ijch.v65i4.18124
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
