The health effects of menthol cigarettes as compared to non-menthol cigarettes

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Hoffman, Allison C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; COTININE; CYTOCHROME P450 2A6; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; NITROSONORNICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC REACTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREATHING; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM CANCER; GENDER; GLUCURONIDATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 79957463216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-9-S1-S7     Document Type: Review

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