"Cotinine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The N-glucuronide conjugate of cotinine is a major urinary metabolite of NICOTINE. It thus serves as a biomarker of exposure to tobacco SMOKING. It has CNS stimulating properties.
| Descriptor ID |
D003367
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.773.812.180
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cotinine" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing tobacco use in an African population: Serum and urine cotinine cut-offs from South Africa. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 02 01; 195:82-89.
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Pitfalls in the assessment of smoking status detected in a cohort of South African RA patients. Rheumatol Int. 2016 Oct; 36(10):1365-9.
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Implications of Misclassification Errors in Empirical Studies of Adolescent Smoking Behaviours. Health Econ. 2017 04; 26(4):486-499.