Ignition strength of 25 international cigarette brands

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Seidenberg, Andrew B ^a   Rees, Vaughan W ^a   Alpert, Hillel R ^a   O'Connor, Richard J ^b   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIRE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRODUCT SAFETY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FIRES; INTERNATIONALITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650608266     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.036392     Document Type: Article

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