title: [The effect of smoking and passive smoking on thiocyanate content in saliva].
abstract: The saliva thiocyanate contents were determined among smokers and passive smokers. The saliva thiocyanate contents of passive smokers in smoking environment and non-smoking environment were compared. The results showed that the saliva thiocyanate in smoking environment was higher than that in non-smoking environment (P<0.01). The results indicate that the saliva thiocyanate detecting is a direct and sensitive index for evaluating the hazard of passive smoking.
authors.affiliation: Basic Medical Science College, Hubei Medical University, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000032:analysis*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D013861:Thiocyanates; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; C031760:thiocyanate