Continual smoking of mentholated cigarettes may mask the early warning symptoms of respiratory disease

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Garten, Samuel ^a   Falkner, R Victor ^a  

^a E11 Southwinds ^*

Author keywords

Drug delivery systems; Irritants; Menthol; Respiratory tract diseases; Smoking; Thermoreceptors; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE CONDENSATE; MENTHOL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CHRONICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; MASKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; THERMORECEPTOR; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 0141609054     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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