A comparison of in vitro toxicities of cigarette smoke condensate from Eclipse cigarettes and four commercially available ultra low-"tar" cigarettes

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Foy, J W D ^a   Bombick, B R ^a   Bombick, D W ^a   Doolittle, D J ^a   Mosberg, A T ^a   Swauger, J E ^a  

^a R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke condensate; Eclipse; In vitro toxicity; Ultra low "tar" cigarettes

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE CONDENSATE; NEUTRAL RED;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

NEPTUNIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0344665695     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00269-2     Document Type: Article

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