Validity of Self-reported Smoking Using Urinary Cotinine among Vocational High School Students
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Validity of self-reported smoking using urinary cotinine among vocational high school students.
OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to validate self-reported smoking among high school students using urinary cotinine. METHODS A self report of smoking behavior was collected together with urine sample for cotinine analysis from 130 male and female students in two vocational high school students in November, 2007. Validity and agreement between self-reported smoking and urinary cotinine was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1975-8375
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2009.42.4.223