Cigarette ignition propensity, smoking behavior, and toxicant exposure: A natural experiment in Canada

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  June, Kristie M ^a   Hammond, David ^b   Sjödin, Andreas ^c   Li, Zheng ^c   Romanoff, Lovisa ^c   O'Connor, Richard J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH); Reduced Ignition Propensity (RIP) Cigarettes; Smoking Topography

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROXYFLUORENE; PHENANTHROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA;

EID: 83755173981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-9-13     Document Type: Article

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