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  • Title: Monoclonal antibody ELISA for cotinine in saliva and urine of active and passive smokers.
    Author: Langone JJ, Cook G, Bjercke RJ, Lifschitz MH.
    Journal: J Immunol Methods; 1988 Nov 10; 114(1-2):73-8. PubMed ID: 3183399.
    Abstract:
    The value of a monoclonal antibody-based ELISA for measuring cotinine in saliva and urine of active and passive smokers was assessed. Cotinine (mean +/- SEM) was detected in all 26 saliva (392 +/- 74 ng/ml) and 27 urine (4264 +/- 508 ng/mg creatinine; 2566 +/- 364 ng/ml) samples from smoking parents, but in only two of 36 salivas and one of 37 urines from nonsmokers (P less than 0.001). Similarly, mean cotinine levels in 30 salivas (4.67 +/- 1.10 ng/ml) and 33 urines (35.5 +/- 8.8 ng/mg creatinine; 25.3 +/- 8.1 ng/ml) from passively exposed children were significantly higher (P less than 0.001) than in fluids of 36 unexposed children. Children's levels showed a strong correlation (P less than 0.001) with the number of cigarettes smoked in the home, but only when data from nonsmoking households were included in the analysis. In adult smokers there was a positive correlation between salivary and urinary cotinine (P = 0.002) and a close relationship between urinary cotinine and cigarettes smoked per day (P = 0.066). The ELISA gives a reliable quantitative measure of cotinine as an indicator of active and passive exposure to tobacco smoke. However, correlations with cotinine can be overestimated if large numbers of nonsmokers are included in the comparison.
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