Smoking intensity and urinary nicotine metabolites by socioeconomic status in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study

Abstract Background Smoking intensity, which is generally based on self-reported average cigarettes per day (CPD), is a major behavioural risk factor and strongly related to socioeconomic status (SES). To assess the validity of the CPD measure, correlations with objective markers of tobacco smoke ex...

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Main Authors: Jan Hovanec, Tobias Weiß, Holger M. Koch, Beate Pesch, Thomas Behrens, Benjamin Kendzia, Marina Arendt, Nico Dragano, Susanne Moebus, Börge Schmidt, Thomas Brüning, Karl-Heinz Jöckel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12609-y