Wilson SE, Kahn RS, Khoury J, Lanphear BP. 2005. Racial differences in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among children. Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), 113 (3): 362-367.
This was a study in Cincinnati, Ohio of 222 children diagnosed with asthma to test whether the African-American study children, compared to white study children, had higher levels of serum (blood) and hair cotinine, which is a biomarker of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS, or second-hand / passive smoke), after controlling for exposure to ETS in air from smokers at home and various housing and demographic characteristics. After adjusting for those covariates, measured blood and hair cotinine concentrations remained statistically significantly higher in the African-American children. The authors suggested further research is needed to understand sources besides tobacco and health consequences, beyond respiratory diseases like asthma, of their findings.
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http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2004/7379/abstract.html
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