Charcoal emissions as a source of CO and carcinogenic PAH in mainstream narghile waterpipe smoke

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2991-2995

  Monzer, Bassel ^a   Sepetdjian, Elizabeth ^a   Saliba, Najat ^a   Shihadeh, Alan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Charcoal; Hooka; PAH; Shisha; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHARCOAL; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TAR;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; HEAT TRANSFER; SMOKING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOBACCO;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGENS; CHARCOAL; HEAT; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; SMOKING; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 50249180360     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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