Assessment of the elution of charcoal, cellulose acetate, and other particles from cigarettes with charcoal and activated charcoal/resin filters

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 615-635

  Agyei Aye, K ^a   Appleton, S ^a   Rogers, R A ^a   Taylor, C R ^a  

^a Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CELLULOSE ACETATE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ELUTION; FILTER; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESIVES; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALGORITHMS; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SMOKE; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TOBACCO; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 3342918925     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490464607     Document Type: Article

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