Marlboro UltraSmooth: A potentially reduced exposure cigarette?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 430-435

  Laugesen, Murray ^a,b   Fowles, Jefferson ^c  

^a Health New Zealand Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Health New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METALS; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINES; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 33845570706     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2006.016055     Document Type: Article

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