Chemical characterization of domestic oral tobacco products: Total nicotine, pH, unprotonated nicotine and tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-386

  Lawler, Tameka S ^a   Stanfill, Stephen B ^a   Zhang, Liqin ^a   Ashley, David L ^b   Watson, Clifford H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotine; Oral tobacco; PH; Smokeless tobacco; Tobacco specific N nitrosamines; Unprotonated Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NITROSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNPROTONATED NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLVABLE TOBACCO; MOISTURE; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SNUS TOBACCO; TOBACCO;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINES; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84877922069     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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