Hookah (shisha, narghile, "water pipe") indoor air contamination in German unrealistic experiment. Serious methodological biases and ethical concern

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 992-995

  Chaouachi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Charcoal; ETS (environmental tobacco smoke); Hookah; Narghile; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHARCOAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WATER;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 76949099123     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.020     Document Type: Letter

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