Digital image analysis of cigarette filter stains as an indicator of compensatory smoking

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2565-2569

  Strasser, Andrew A ^a   O'Connor, Richard J ^b   Mooney, Marc E ^c   Wileyto, E Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FILTER DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SMOKE; SMOKING; TARS; TOBACCO;

EID: 33846115117     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0623     Document Type: Article

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