A Cross-Sectional Study on Benzene Exposure in Pediatric Age and Parental Smoking Habits at Home.

ABSTRACT: After the introduction of the smoke-free legislation, household smoking has become the major source of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure for children. In our previous research, we found a strong association between urinary unmodified benzene (u-UB) levels and passive smoking exposure related to the home smoking policies (HSP). The aim of the study is to further investigate the impacts of several factors on ETS-exposure in childhood by using u-UB as tobacco-related carcinogen biomarker of exposure. Two cross-sectional studies were performed on the same target population of our previous research, in summer and winter season of the years 2017 and 2018, respectively. A questionnaire and a head space-solid phase micro-extraction/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC-MS) anal

SUBMITTER: Antonucci A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432498 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature