Scope for regulation of cigarette smoke toxicity: The case for including charcoal filters

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1213, 2005, Pages

  Laugesen, Murray ^a   Fowles, Jefferson ^b  

^a Health New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ACROLEIN; CHARCOAL; CIGARETTE SMOKE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NICOTINE; TAR; CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; JAPAN; LUNG TOXICITY; NEW ZEALAND; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOXICITY TESTING; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

CARCINOGENS; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 23044506767     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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