Formation and analysis of tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-137

  Brunnemann, Klaus D ^a   Prokopczyk, Bogdan ^a   Djordjevic, Mirjana V ^a   Hoffmann, Dietrich ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

(NNK); 4 (methyl nitrosamino) 1 (3 pyridyl) 1 butanone; Cigarette mainstream smoke (MS); Gas chromatography (GC); N' nitrosonornicotine (NNN); Sidestream smoke (SS); Snuff; Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE); Thermal energy analyzer (TEA); Tobacco specific N nitrosamines (TSNA)

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; NITROSAMINE; NITROSONORNICOTINE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; NITROSATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

CINCLIDAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0029947343     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408449609017926     Document Type: Review

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