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CYP2A6 genotype but not age determines cotinine half-life in infants and children.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Sept 2013
Dempsey D A, Sambol N C, Jacob P, Hoffmann E, Tyndale R F, Fuentes-Afflick E, Benowitz N L
Abstract excerpt
The formation of cotinine, the main proximate metabolite and a biomarker of nicotine exposure, is mediated primarily by cytochrome P450 (CYP)2A6. Our aim was to determine whether higher cotinine levels in young children exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) are a result of age-related differences in...
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