Scope for regulation of cigarette smoke toxicity according to brand differences in toxicant emissions

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

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; ACRYLONITRILE; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMIUM; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CRESOL; DIOXIN; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LEAD; NICKEL; NICOTINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOXIC GAS;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILTER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; TOXICITY;

EID: 27244451752     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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