The addition of cocoa, glycerol, and saccharose to the tobacco of cigarettes: Implications for smoke chemistry, in vitro cytotoxicity, mutagenicity and further endpoints

Beitrage zur Tabakforschung International/ Contributions to Tobacco Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 117-138

  Roemer, Ewald ^a   Wittke, Sandra ^b   Sticken, Edgar Trelles ^b   Piade, Jean Jacques ^a   Bonk, Thomas ^b   Schorp, Matthias K ^c  

^a PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S A   (Switzerland)

^b Philip Morris Research Laboratories GmbH   (Germany)

^c Philip Morris Products SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 78650847052     PISSN: 0173783X     EISSN: 16129237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/cttr-2013-0890     Document Type: Article

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