Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish

Tobacco Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Slaughter, Elli ^a   Gersberg, Richard M ^a   Watanabe, Kayo ^a   Rudolph, John ^b   Stransky, Chris ^b   Novotny, Thomas E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nautilus Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; TAR;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FISH; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METHODOLOGY; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SMOKE; SMOKING; TARS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960634947     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2010.040170     Document Type: Article

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