INVESTIGADORES
TALIO Maria carolina
artículos
Título:
CADMIUM MONITORING IN SALIVA AND URINE AS INDICATOR OF SMOKING ADDICTION
Autor/es:
TALIO, M.,; LUCONI, M; MASI, A; FERNÁNDEZ, L.
Revista:
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 15 p. 3125 - 3132
ISSN:
0048-9697
Resumen:
Cadmium is one of the many substances that may be acquired through active and passive smoking of
tobacco. Saliva and urine are proposed for cadmium monitoring of non-smokers, second hand smokers,
smokers and tobacco chewing appertaining to San Luis citizens without occupational exposition. Biological
samples were collected by the same subjects, under strict proceeding instructions of sampling. Physical
characteristics of samples were observed and checked with commercial test. Samples were analyzed using an
adapted molecular fluorescence methodology with a previous extraction step. Stability of biological samples
was daily studied for a period of one month. The method was successfully validated for accuracy, precision,
linearity, specificity, and sensitivity. The simplicity and low coefficient of variance confirm the suitability of
the method for urinary and salivary cadmium analyses. On the other side, the obtained results are in
concordance with previous national epidemiological dates.