ArticleInhalation toxicology2018
Plasma and saliva levels of three metals in waterpipe smokers: a case control study.
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- Blood cadmium levels and its associated factors in middle school children in Kuwait.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Detrimental effect of metal contaminants on forensic DNA analysis and strategies for mitigation.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Review
- Exploring saliva as a biofluid for biomonitoring of diet-related contaminants exposure: insights from a literature mining approach.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Review
- Cadmium decreases human gingival fibroblast viability and induces pro-inflammatory response associated with Akt and MAPK pathway activation.Frontiers in toxicology · 2025Article
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- Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and its effects on Neural Tube Defects.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2024Article
- Waterpipe and cigarette epigenome analysis reveals markers implicated in addiction and smoking type inference.Environment international · 2023Article
- Environmental tobacco smoke exposure is associated with increased levels of metals in children's saliva.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Predicting thrombotic cardiovascular outcomes induced by waterpipe-associated chemicals using comparative toxicogenomic database: Genes, phenotypes, and pathways.Life sciences · 2023Article
- Developmental toxicity of cadmium in infants and children: a review.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2021Article
- The Beneficial Impact of the Black Chokeberry Extract against the Oxidative Stress in the Sublingual Salivary Gland of Rats Intoxicated with Cadmium.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Article
- Analysis of waterpipe aerosol constituents in accordance with the ISO standard 22486.Toxicology reports · 2020Article
- The effects of hookah/waterpipe smoking on general health and the cardiovascular system.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Review
- Waterpipe tobacco smoke: Characterization of toxicants and exposure biomarkers in a cross-sectional study of waterpipe employees.Environment international · 2019Article
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Abstract
In this case-control study, the influence of waterpipe tobacco smoking on the plasma and saliva levels of cadmium, lead and zinc was examined in participants who were waterpipe tobacco smokers (WS) or never-smokers (NS). The concentration of metals was higher in WS relative to NS. The mean (SEM) cadmium concentration in plasma was 3.3 (0.18) µg/dL in WS versus 0.82 (0.09) µg/L in NS (
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