title: Environmental tobacco smoke uptake by clothing fabrics.
abstract: The uptake of cigarette smoke by a variety of clothing fabrics was determined. The tested fabrics included wool, linen, cotton, silk, rayon, acetate and polyester. While a variety of factors effect such absorption, polyester fabrics were found to significantly take up less smoke than all the other tested cloths. A simple and rapid technique is described for measuring such absorption.
authors.affiliation: Cathedral Hill Obesity Clinic, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D008422:Materials Testing; D012906:Smoke; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution